Family tree Weening » Geert Blaauw (1852-1895)
Personal data Geert Blaauw
- He was born on February 23, 1852 in Houwerzijl, gem. Ulrum (Gr).Source 1
- Profession: dagloner.
- He died on May 1, 1895 in Ulrum (Gr), he was 43 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jan Geerts Blaauw and Renske Reinders Roggeveld
- This information was last updated on November 17, 2025.
Household of Geert Blaauw
(1) He is married to Trijntje Hessels Weidenaar.
They got married on December 28, 1870 at Ulrum (Gr), he was 18 years old.Source 3
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(2) He is married to Zwaantje Zantinga.
They got married on July 2, 1884 at Ulrum (Gr), he was 32 years old.Source 4
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Historical events
Birthday February 23, 1852
- The temperature on February 23, 1852 was about -0.8 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
- August 3 » Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event.
- August 20 » Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
- September 11 » Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
- September 24 » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes.
- November 4 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
Day of marriage July 2, 1884
- The temperature on July 2, 1884 was about 18.9 °C. There was 27 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
- June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
- July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
- November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
- December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
- December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of death May 1, 1895
- The temperature on May 1, 1895 was about 15.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
- April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
- April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
- June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
- August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
- November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
Same birth/death day
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- 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)
- 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)
- 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
- 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
- 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
- 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
- 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
- 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
- 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
- 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
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