Family tree Van Dijk » Pieter Franciscus Gerards (1826-1911)
Personal data Pieter Franciscus Gerards
Source 1- He was born on January 20, 1826 in Zierikzee, Gemeente Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland.
- Profession: schoenmaker.
- He died on February 13, 1911 in Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 85 years old.
- A child of Jacob Gerards and Johanna Guinée
Household of Pieter Franciscus Gerards
He is married to Francisca Johannes Metsaars.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- Jacoba Gerards 1885-1937
- Magdalena Gerards 1879-????
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Birthday January 20, 1826
- The temperature on January 20, 1826 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- July 4 » John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
- November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
- December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
Day of death February 13, 1911
- The temperature on February 13, 1911 was between -2.8 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
- May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
- September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
- November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
- December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
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- 1814 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso († 1868)
- 1834 » George D. Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Massachusetts († 1896)
- 1855 » Ernest Chausson, French composer († 1899)
- 1888 » Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (b. 1814)
- 1892 » Provo Wallis, Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)
- 1893 » Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican intellectual and journalist (b. 1834)
- 1905 » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (b. 1844)
- 1906 » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
- 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
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