Family tree Van Dijk » Gerrit Sakes de Vries (1756-1845)
Personal data Gerrit Sakes de Vries
- He was born on January 30, 1756 in Zuurveen, Nederland.
Attention: Was older than 65 years (66) when child (Aaltje de Vries) was born (March 1, 1822). - He died on April 9, 1845 in Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland, he was 89 years old.
BS Zuidbroek
- This information was last updated on February 17, 2012.
Household of Gerrit Sakes de Vries
He is married to Frouke Hindriks Knap.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Willemina de Vries 1808-1883
- Sake de Vries 1811-1873
- Aaltje de Vries 1822-1822
Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Sakes de Vries
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Historical events
Birthday January 30, 1756
- The temperature on January 30, 1756 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1756: Source: Wikipedia
- May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
- June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
- July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
- August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
- September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
Day of death April 9, 1845
- The temperature on April 9, 1845 was about 8.0 °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 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.
- 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.
- August 28 » The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- September 9 » Possible start of the Great Potato Famine.
- 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.
Same birth/death day
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- 1806 » William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)
- 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
- 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
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