Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Gerrit van der Veen (1878-1879)
Personal data Gerrit van der Veen
- He was born on November 29, 1878 in Godlinze, Eemsdelta, GR, NL.Source 1
- He died on January 5, 1879 in Godlinze, Eemsdelta, GR, NL.Source 2
- A child of Jan van der Veen and Jantje Star
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Birthday November 29, 1878
- The temperature on November 29, 1878 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
- March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
- May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
- September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
- October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
- December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of death January 5, 1879
- The temperature on January 5, 1879 was about 1.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
- March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
- April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
- May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
- May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
- October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
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- 1879 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer († 1963)
- 1881 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence († 1957)
- 1881 » Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general († 1944)
- 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
- 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
- 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
- 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
- 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
- 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
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Coos van Spijk, "Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/van-spijk-stamboom/I57768.php : accessed January 20, 2026), "Gerrit van der Veen (1878-1879)".