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Personal data Geertruida Wilhelmina Sierks 


Household of Geertruida Wilhelmina Sierks

She is married to Johannes van Van Leeuwen.

They got married on October 15, 1876 at Groningen, she was 24 years old.

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Birthday August 26, 1852

  • The temperature on August 26, 1852 was about 17.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
    • July 3 » Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
    • August 3 » Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event.
    • August 21 » Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
    • September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
    • November 16 » The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.

Day of death December 6, 1936

  • The temperature on December 6, 1936 was between 0.2 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
    • April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
    • June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
    • June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
    • October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
    • October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.


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