Family tree Lars Werner » Gerrit Sybrens de WITTE (1792-1855)

Personal data Gerrit Sybrens de WITTE 

  • He was born on October 15, 1792 in Schettens (Friesland, The Netherlands).
  • He was baptized on October 28, 1792 in Schettens (Friesland, The Netherlands).
  • Occupations:
    • koopman (1855).
    • @N11264@.
  • He died on May 10, 1855 in Longerhouw (Friesland, The Netherlands), he was 62 years old.
  • This information was last updated on December 7, 2022.

Household of Gerrit Sybrens de WITTE

He is married to Lyckeltje DEINUM.

They got married on November 15, 1845 at Wonseradeel (Friesland, The Netherlands), he was 53 years old.


Notes about Gerrit Sybrens de WITTE


Ouders Sybren Meintes de WITTE en Tetje GERRITS

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Historical events

Birthday October 15, 1792

  • The temperature on October 15, 1792 was about 11.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
    • April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
    • April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
    • August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
    • September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
    • October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

Christening day October 28, 1792

  • The temperature on October 28, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
    • April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
    • May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
    • May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
    • September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
    • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.

Day of death May 10, 1855

  • The temperature on May 10, 1855 was about 10.6 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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).
  • 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 1855: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • May 3 » American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
    • June 1 » The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
    • June 4 » Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USSSupply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
    • August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
    • September 3 » American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
    • September 9 » Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.


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