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Personal data Geert Holvast 

Is associated with Jakob Holvast's event on February 19, 1880.

Household of Geert Holvast

He is married to Maria Geertruida Gras.

They got married on May 10, 1879 at Oude Pekela, he was 24 years old.


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  1. Jakob Holvast  1880-1973 

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Birthday June 23, 1854

  • The temperature on June 23, 1854 was about 16.9 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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).
  • 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 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 24 » President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
    • July 6 » In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
    • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
    • October 6 » In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
    • October 25 » The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.
    • December 18 » The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system.

Day of marriage May 10, 1879

  • The temperature on May 10, 1879 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
    • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
    • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
    • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
    • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
    • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Day of death March 29, 1893

  • The temperature on March 29, 1893 was about 8.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
    • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
    • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
    • September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
    • September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.


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