Family tree Potten » Peter Gerard Potten (1836-1915)
Personal data Peter Gerard Potten
- He was born on February 28, 1836 in Duren, Nederland.
Geb. akte Meerlo 1836 nr. 103 geboren in Duitsland doch aangifte in Meerlo
- He was christened.
- Profession: Akkerman en ongehuwd.
Opm: Peter Gerard Potten geb. 26-2-1836 heeft als soldaat gediend in het 7 Armee-Corps 14 Division 28 I
- Religion: Rooms Katholiek.
- He died on February 20, 1915 in Duren, Nederland, he was 78 years old.
- A child of Petrus Potten and Anna Catharina Paschmans
- This information was last updated on December 14, 2006.
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Birthday February 28, 1836
- The temperature on February 28, 1836 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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).
- In the year 1836: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 23 » Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.
- April 20 » U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
- May 14 » The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- October 16 » Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock.
- October 22 » Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
- December 28 » Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.
Day of death February 20, 1915
- The temperature on February 20, 1915 was between -0.5 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
- February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
- May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
- August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
- August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
- September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
- November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
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Paul Potten, "Family tree Potten", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-potten/I154.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "Peter Gerard Potten (1836-1915)".