Family tree familie Eilders » Gerrit van de Brake (1824-1914)

Personal data Gerrit van de Brake 


Household of Gerrit van de Brake

He is married to Beertje Kroes.

They got married about 1850.


Child(ren):

  1. Evert van de Brake  1858-1917 
  2. John van de Brake  1863-1915 
  3. Johannes van de Brake  1854-1933 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit van de Brake

Gerrit van de Brake
1824-1914

± 1850

Beertje Kroes
1820-1915

Evert van de Brake
1858-1917
John van de Brake
1863-1915
Johannes van de Brake
1854-1933

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Historical events

Birthday August 12, 1824

  • The temperature on August 12, 1824 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1824: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 5 » First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
    • March 11 » The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    • May 10 » The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
    • July 25 » Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
    • August 5 » Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
    • October 4 » Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.

Day of death March 27, 1914

  • The temperature on March 27, 1914 was between 0.7 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
    • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
    • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
    • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
    • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
    • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.


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About the surname Van de Brake


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