Family tree Van der Eijk Van Busschbach Leegwater Stiemer » Gerrit Kaaij (1826-1912)

Personal data Gerrit Kaaij 


Household of Gerrit Kaaij

He is married to Aaltje Schermer.

They got married on October 22, 1871 at Zuid en Noord Schermer, he was 45 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death January 30, 1912

  • The temperature on January 30, 1912 was between -2.7 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
    • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
    • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
    • September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
    • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
    • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.


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