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Personal data Gerke Balstra 


Household of Gerke Balstra

He is married to Annigjen Koops Knobbe.

They got married on January 19, 1857 at Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland, he was 34 years old.Source 1

Huwelijksregister 1857, archiefnummer 30-28, Burgerlijke Stand Opsterland - Tresoar, inventarisnummer 2021
Gemeente: Opsterland
Periode: 1857
aktenummer 0004

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Birthday April 4, 1822

  • The temperature on April 4, 1822 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig bui. 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
    • January 15 » Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
    • February 24 » The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
    • May 26 » One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
    • July 26 » First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
    • October 25 » Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.

Day of death January 16, 1907

  • The temperature on January 16, 1907 was between 5.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
    • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
    • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
    • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
    • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.


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