Family tree Reinderman » Pieter van der Giessen (1845-1917)
Personal data Pieter van der Giessen
- He was born on May 20, 1845 in 's-Gravendeel, Nederland.
Attention: Was older than 65 years (66) when child (Leendert van der Giessen) was born (October 2, 1911). - He died on June 21, 1917 in 's-Gravendeel, Nederland, he was 72 years old.
- A child of Jan van der Giessen and Pietertje van Twist
Household of Pieter van der Giessen
He is married to Johanna Bezemer.
They got married on May 31, 1902 at 's-Gravendeel, Nederland, he was 57 years old.
Child(ren):
- Pietertje van der Giessen 1902-1994
- Gijsje van der Giessen 1904-1991
- Maaike van der Giessen 1905-1999
- Jan van der Giessen 1906-1983
- Johanna van der Giessen 1908-1980
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Historical events
Birthday May 20, 1845
- The temperature on May 20, 1845 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen hagel. 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- March 13 » Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
- May 19 » Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
- May 30 » The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
- July 4 » Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
- July 19 » Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
- December 2 » Manifest destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
Day of marriage May 31, 1902
- The temperature on May 31, 1902 was between 15.2 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
- March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
- May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
- August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
- August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
Day of death June 21, 1917
- The temperature on June 21, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
- September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
- October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
- November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
Same birth/death day
- 1830 » Hector Malot, French author († 1907)
- 1838 » Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France († 1925)
- 1851 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record († 1929)
- 1854 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria († 1937)
- 1856 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter († 1910)
- 1860 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
- 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
- 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
- 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
- 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
- 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
- 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
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