Family tree Looije(n) » Gerrit Looijen (1864-????)
Personal data Gerrit Looijen
- He was born on November 19, 1864 in Wageningen (GL).Source 1
- A child of Hendrik Looijen and Gerritje Van Laar
- This information was last updated on August 19, 2017.
Household of Gerrit Looijen
He is married to Fijtje Van Vliet.
They got married on February 1, 1889 at Wageningen (GL), he was 24 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Sophia Looijen 1887-????
- Hendrik Looijen 1889-1889
- Boudewijn Looijen 1890-????
- Hendrik Looijen 1891-1891
- Hendrik Looijen 1892-1893
- Hillegonda Margaretha Looijen 1894-1895
- Hendrika Looijen 1895-????
- Arie Looijen 1896-1897
- Arie Looijen 1898-1961
- Margaretha Looijen 1899-????
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Birthday November 19, 1864
- The temperature on November 19, 1864 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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.
- February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
- February 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
- May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
- October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
- November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.
- 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.
Day of marriage February 1, 1889
- The temperature on February 1, 1889 was about 9.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 48 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
- March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
- April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
- April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
- October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
- November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Same birth/death day
- 1859 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator († 1935)
- 1862 » Billy Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist († 1935)
- 1873 » Elizabeth McCombs, the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand († 1935)
- 1875 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician, 1st Head of State of The Soviet Union († 1946)
- 1876 » Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist († 1964)
- 1877 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival († 1947)
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