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Personal data Gerhardus van Driesten 


Household of Gerhardus van Driesten

(1) He is married to Evertje Jacobsen.

They got married on June 16, 1860 at Ede, he was 30 years old.


(2) He is married to Merritje van den Brink.

They got married on May 5, 1888 at Ede, he was 58 years old.

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Gerhardus van Driesten
1830-1912

(1) 1860

Evertje Jacobsen
1828-1883

(2) 1888

Merritje van den Brink
1844-1927


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Birthday April 8, 1830

  • The temperature on April 8, 1830 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen donder. 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 year 1830: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.6 million citizens.
    • February 3 » The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence.
    • April 6 » Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.
    • July 13 » The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.
    • August 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads.
    • September 15 » The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens; British MP William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive Rocket.
    • September 24 » A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.

Day of marriage May 5, 1888

  • The temperature on May 5, 1888 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
    • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
    • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
    • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Day of death November 6, 1912

  • The temperature on November 6, 1912 was between -0.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
    • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
    • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
    • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
    • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
    • December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)


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