Family tree Dirk Beerta » Geert van der Laan (1852-1917)

Personal data Geert van der Laan 


Household of Geert van der Laan

He is married to Klaasje Jans Bijlsma.

They got married on October 6, 1876 at Exloerveer gem Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 23 years old.

Bruidegom: Geert van der Laan, geboren te Exloerveen (Odoorn); leeftijd: 23 jaar; beroep: arbeider, zoon van Albert van der Laan, beroep: landbouwer en Lutgertien Alberts Hoving, beroep: landbouwer
Bruid: Klaasje Jans Bijlsma, geboren te Ooststellingwerf; leeftijd: 22; beroep: geen; woonplaats: Weerdingerveen (Emmen), dochter van Jan Gosses Bijlsma, beroep: arbeider en Gesiena Yntzes Hoekstra, beroep: arbeider .

Child(ren):

  1. Albert van der Laan  1876-1947

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Birthday December 12, 1852

  • The temperature on December 12, 1852 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. 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 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.
    • January 17 » The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
    • March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
    • July 3 » Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
    • August 3 » Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event.
    • September 24 » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes.
    • November 16 » The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.

Day of marriage October 6, 1876

  • The temperature on October 6, 1876 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
    • November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
    • December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Day of death October 12, 1917

  • The temperature on October 12, 1917 was between 3.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
    • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
    • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
    • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
    • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
    • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.


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