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Personal data Gerrit Freerks Posthuma 


Household of Gerrit Freerks Posthuma

He is married to Martzen Pieters Posthuma.

They got married on June 2, 1860 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Pieter Posthuma  1865-1894
  2. Klaske Posthuma  1868-1929 

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Birthday September 23, 1834

  • The temperature on September 23, 1834 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken bui. 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).
  • In the year 1834: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 3 » Wake Forest University is established (as Wake Forest Institute) in North Carolina, United States.
    • May 16 » The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
    • July 7 » In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
    • October 9 » Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
    • December 1 » Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
    • December 3 » The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.

Day of marriage June 2, 1860

  • The temperature on June 2, 1860 was about 13.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
    • May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
    • May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
    • May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
    • September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
    • December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

Day of death March 3, 1873

  • The temperature on March 3, 1873 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
    • April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
    • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
    • May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
    • August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
    • October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.


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