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Personal data Dirk Willem Gaass 

  • He was born on December 8, 1847 in Zwolle (NL).
  • He died on March 28, 1935 in Pella, Marion, Iowa (USA), he was 87 years old.
  • He is buried in Pella, Marion, Iowa (USA).
  • This information was last updated on December 11, 2021.

Household of Dirk Willem Gaass

He is married to Henrietta Frederika Wilhelmina van Donselaar.

They got married on September 3, 1867, he was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Arthur Dirk Gaass  1889-1965 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Willem Gaass

Dirk Willem Gaass
1847-1935

1867

Henrietta Frederika Wilhelmina van Donselaar
1847-1927

Arthur Dirk Gaass
1889-1965

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Birthday December 8, 1847

  • The temperature on December 8, 1847 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
    • February 19 » The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
    • April 16 » Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars.
    • October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
    • October 16 » The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
    • November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.

Day of marriage September 3, 1867

  • The temperature on September 3, 1867 was about 19.8 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
    • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
    • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
    • September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
    • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
    • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

Day of death March 28, 1935

  • The temperature on March 28, 1935 was between 1.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
    • February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
    • June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
    • July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
    • September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
    • September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.

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