Family tree Jan Werkman » Geert van Russen (1817-1887)
Personal data Geert van Russen
- He was born on February 25, 1817 in Finsterwolde, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland.
- Birth registration on February 26, 1817.Source 1
- He died on August 15, 1887 in Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland, he was 70 years old.
Tijdstip: 07:00
- Death registration on August 16, 1887.Source 2
- A child of Heiko Jans van Russen and Seide Geerts Lameijer
- This information was last updated on October 3, 2012.
Household of Geert van Russen
He is married to Klaaske Stötefalk.
They got married on September 27, 1884 at Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland, he was 67 years old.Source 3
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Historical events
Birthday February 25, 1817
- The temperature on February 25, 1817 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
- January 19 » An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
- February 12 » An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
- June 5 » The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
- July 19 » Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
- October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
- November 3 » The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.
Day of marriage September 27, 1884
- The temperature on September 27, 1884 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
- May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
- May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
- May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
- June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
Day of death August 15, 1887
- The temperature on August 15, 1887 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
- February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
- 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.
- November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
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- 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
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- 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
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