Family tree Van Rein » Geerd Jans Veld (1832-1875)

Christening day January 16, 1832

• The temperature on January 16, 1832 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: helder half bewolkt. 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 1832: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • May 24 » The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
  • June 7 » The Great Reform Act of England and Wales receives royal assent.
  • July 10 » U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
  • July 19 » The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
  • August 27 » Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
  • December 20 » HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands

Day of marriage May 12, 1865

• The temperature on May 12, 1865 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
  • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
  • April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
  • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
  • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
  • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.

Day of death September 17, 1875

• The temperature on September 17, 1875 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
  • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
  • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
  • April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
  • July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
  • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
• 1864 » Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
• 1868 » Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
• 1877 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)