Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Gerrit de Vries (1847-1934)

Personal data Gerrit de Vries 

  • He was born on April 19, 1847.
  • He died on May 9, 1934, he was 87 years old.
  • He is buried in Den Haag.
  • This information was last updated on May 17, 2013.

Household of Gerrit de Vries

He is married to Jantje Postma.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Sietse de Vries  1877-1952

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit de Vries

Gerrit de Vries
1847-1934


Jantje Postma
1849-1925

Sietse de Vries
1877-1952

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Historical events

Birthday April 19, 1847

  • The temperature on April 19, 1847 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
    • March 29 » Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
    • April 16 » Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars.
    • July 24 » After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
    • September 6 » Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
    • November 29 » The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.

Day of death May 9, 1934

  • The temperature on May 9, 1934 was between 6.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The 8.0 Mw  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
    • January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
    • February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
    • March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
    • May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
    • September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.


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