Family tree Jan Werkman » Harm Kolk (1839-1914)
Personal data Harm Kolk
- He was born on October 12, 1839 in Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland.
Tijdstip: 14:00
- Birth registration on October 12, 1839.Source 1
- Profession: starting 1861 Boerenknecht.
- (Emigratie) .Source 2
Harm en Jantje zijn in 1865 vertrokken naar Amerika.
Reden van vertrek: Om de middelen van bestaan te verbeteren - He died on September 14, 1914, he was 74 years old.
- He is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
- A child of Garbrand Hindriks Kolk and Anje Harms Bonjernood
- This information was last updated on January 24, 2021.
Household of Harm Kolk
He is married to Jantje Holstein.
They got married on May 21, 1864 at Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Grietje Kolk 1864-± 1869
- Cornelius Kolk ± 1874-1948
- Fred Kolk 1878-1952
- Nellie Kolk ± 1882-1924
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Historical events
Birthday October 12, 1839
- The temperature on October 12, 1839 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 year 1839: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 6 » The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
- January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
- September 9 » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
- November 11 » The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
- November 17 » Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
- November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
Day of marriage May 21, 1864
- The temperature on May 21, 1864 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
- May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
- June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
- July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
- December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
- December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
Day of death September 14, 1914
- The temperature on September 14, 1914 was between 10.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
- August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
- August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
- August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
- August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
- November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
Same birth/death day
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- 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
- 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
- 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)
- 1898 » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
- 1901 » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
- 1905 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
- 1916 » José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
- 1927 » Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
- 1931 » Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (b. 1856)
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