Family tree Weening » Geert Halbes Dijkstra (1757-1829)

Personal data Geert Halbes Dijkstra 

  • He was born in Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
  • He was christened on April 24, 1757 in Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland.
  • He died on May 6, 1829 in Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland.Source 2
  • A child of Halbe Jans and Geertje Hendriks
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2024.

Household of Geert Halbes Dijkstra

He is married to Fokjen Alberts.

They got married on May 20, 1782 at Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland.Source 3


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Halbes Dijkstra

Halbe Jans
± 1730-????
Geertje Hendriks
± 1730-????

Geert Halbes Dijkstra
1757-1829

1782

Fokjen Alberts
1756-< 1789

Froukjen Geerts Dijkstra
1787-1848

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Sources

  1. Herv. gem. Oudwoude en Westergeest, doop 1727-1811
  2. Overlijdensregister 1825-1830, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Oudwoude Westergeest 1740-1810

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Historical events

Christening day April 24, 1757

  • The temperature on April 24, 1757 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. 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 1757: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
    • May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
    • May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
    • June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
    • November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
    • December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

Day of marriage May 20, 1782

  • The temperature on May 20, 1782 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer 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)
  • In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
    • March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
    • May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
    • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
    • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.

Day of death May 6, 1829

  • The temperature on May 6, 1829 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1829: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
    • April 13 » The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
    • May 23 » Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
    • September 11 » Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico. This was the consummation of Mexico's campaign for independence.
    • September 29 » The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
    • October 8 » Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.


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