Family tree Hegeman » Gijsbertus van der Geest (1853-1914)
Personal data Gijsbertus van der Geest
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4- He was born on October 16, 1853 in Zwammerdam, Nederland.
- He died on March 19, 1914 in Zwammerdam, Nederland, he was 60 years old.
- A child of Hendrikus van der Geest and Elisabeth Agatha van Vliet
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- van der Geest Family Web Site, Robert van der Geest, Gijsbertus van der Geest, November 21, 2013
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- Heron Web Site, Tamara Heron, [Privé], April 3, 2017
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- jan Web Site, jan geest, Gijsbertus van der Geest, April 3, 2017
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- van der Geest Web Site, Rick van der Geest, [Privé], April 3, 2017
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Historical events
Birthday October 16, 1853
- The temperature on October 16, 1853 was about 12.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
- July 8 » The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
- July 14 » Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
- October 4 » The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- December 30 » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
- December 31 » A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.
Day of death March 19, 1914
- The temperature on March 19, 1914 was between 1.0 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
- April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
- August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
- August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
- September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
- October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
- November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
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- 1914 » Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
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The Family tree Hegeman publication was prepared by Ferry Hegeman.
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Ferry Hegeman, "Family tree Hegeman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-hegeman/I32571.php : accessed August 9, 2025), "Gijsbertus van der Geest (1853-1914)".
Ferry Hegeman, "Family tree Hegeman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-hegeman/I32571.php : accessed August 9, 2025), "Gijsbertus van der Geest (1853-1914)".