Family tree Peet » Gerrit Voorhorst (-1864)

Personal data Gerrit Voorhorst 

  • He was born.
  • He was christened on May 20, 1773 in Olst.
  • He was baptized.
  • He died on April 9, 1864 in Welsum (Olst).
  • This information was last updated on April 7, 2023.

Household of Gerrit Voorhorst

He is married to Machteltjen Hoegen.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Lammert Jan Voorhorst  ± 1807-1864 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Voorhorst

Gerrit Voorhorst
-1864


Machteltjen Hoegen
± 1778-1833

Lammert Jan Voorhorst
± 1807-1864

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Christening day May 20, 1773

  • The temperature on May 20, 1773 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
    • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
    • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
    • June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
    • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
    • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Day of death April 9, 1864

  • The temperature on April 9, 1864 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 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.
    • February 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
    • April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
    • 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.
    • September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
    • November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
    • December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

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