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Personal data Gerrit Blok
- He was born on September 16, 1859 in Woerden.Source 1
- Profession: schilder.
- He died on January 3, 1929 in Loenen aan de Vecht, he was 69 years old.Source 2
- A child of Machiel Blok and Wilhelmina Sophia Noppen
- This information was last updated on October 29, 2021.
Household of Gerrit Blok
(1) He is married to Baartje Nap.
They got married on August 14, 1884 at Kamerik, he was 24 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Aria Toom.
They got married on March 8, 1894 at Oudewater, he was 34 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Wilhelmina Sophia Blok 1895-1895
- Machiel Blok 1896-1916
- N.N. Blok 1898-1898
- Cornelis Blok 1899-????
- Wilhelmina Sophia Blok 1901-
- Herman Cornelis Blok 1903-1904
- Lourens Blok 1905-
- Willem Jan Blok 1906-
- N.N. Blok 1908-1908
- Beligje Aria Blok 1910-
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Sources
- HUA BS Geboorte Woerden, akte 108
- HUA BS Overlijden Loenen aan de Vecht, akte 1
- HUA BS Huwelijk Kamerik, akte 5
- HUA BS Huwelijk Oudewater, akte 5
Historical events
Birthday September 16, 1859
- The temperature on September 16, 1859 was about 13.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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).
- From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
- In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 14 » Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
- April 25 » British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
- June 6 » Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
- June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
- June 24 » Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
- October 16 » John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Day of marriage March 8, 1894
- The temperature on March 8, 1894 was about 4.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
- May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
- August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
- November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
- December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of death January 3, 1929
- The temperature on January 3, 1929 was between -1.2 and 1.5 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
- January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
- February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
- June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
- September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
- September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
- December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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- 1859 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1916)
- 1861 » Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor († 1947)
- 1866 » Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg († 1927)
- 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
- 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
- 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
- 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
- 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
- 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
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