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Personal data Gijsbert Looijen 


Household of Gijsbert Looijen

He is married to Jacoba Hendriks.

They got married on November 9, 1872 at Ede, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Frans Looijen  1876-1944 
  2. Lutje Looijen  1892-1987
  3. Jantje Looijen  1889-1952
  4. Cornelia Looijen  1885-1953
  5. Wouter Looijen  1882-1904
  6. Hendrik Looijen  1879-1962 
  7. Frans Looijen  1874-1875

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gijsbert Looijen

Jan Looijen
1789-1847
Frans Looijen
1818-1882

Gijsbert Looijen
1845-1926

1872
Frans Looijen
1876-1944
Lutje Looijen
1892-1987
Frans Looijen
1874-1875

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    • The temperature on November 11, 1845 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt nevel. 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • March 11 » Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
      • March 25 » New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
      • August 28 » The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
      • October 10 » In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
      • December 27 » Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
      • December 27 » Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".
    • The temperature on November 9, 1872 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
      • March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
      • March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
      • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
      • July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
      • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
    • The temperature on March 12, 1926 was between 8.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
      • January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
      • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
      • April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
      • May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
      • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
      • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
    

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