Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Geert Rutgers Fopma (1858-1928)

Personal data Geert Rutgers Fopma 


Household of Geert Rutgers Fopma

He is married to Aafke Kornelis Boonstra.

They got married on May 11, 1887 at Baarderadeel, Friesland, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Frouwkje Geerts Fopma  1890-1972 
  3. Geertje Geerts Fopma  1891-1982 
  4. Rutger Geerts Fopma  1893-1970 
  5. Kornelis Geerts Fopma  1895-1974 
  6. Yda Geerts Fopma  1899-1980 

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Birthday December 10, 1858

  • The temperature on December 10, 1858 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
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    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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • 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 1858: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • April 16 » The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
    • May 15 » Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
    • July 29 » United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
    • August 5 » Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
    • August 7 » The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.
    • August 20 » Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.

Day of marriage May 11, 1887

  • The temperature on May 11, 1887 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

Day of death July 2, 1928

  • The temperature on July 2, 1928 was between 9.6 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
    • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
    • May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
    • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
    • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
    • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.


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