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Personal data Godschalk Horatius van Knijff 


Household of Godschalk Horatius van Knijff

He is married to Sytske Wypkes de Jong.

They got married on May 11, 1870 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 33 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Godschalk Horatius van Knijff

Regnerus Theodorus de Cock
1774-1830
Catharina Bakkerus
1764-????

Godschalk Horatius van Knijff
1837-1911

1870

Sytske Wypkes de Jong
1840-1911


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1837, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1911, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1870, Tietjerksteradeel

Historical events

Birthday March 22, 1837

  • The temperature on March 22, 1837 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt . 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The city of Chicago is incorporated.
    • May 10 » Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
    • June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
    • June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
    • November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
    • November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.

Day of marriage May 11, 1870

  • The temperature on May 11, 1870 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
    • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
    • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
    • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

Day of death March 10, 1911

  • The temperature on March 10, 1911 was between 1.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
    • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
    • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
    • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
    • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
    • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.


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