Vandenberg Tree » Geertje Hitman (1842-1885)
Personal data Geertje Hitman
Source 1- She was born on October 2, 1842 in Ferwerderadeel.
- She died on May 23, 1885, she was 42 years old.
- A child of Geert Hitman and Wilke Shop
Household of Geertje Hitman
She is married to Folkert Wierda.
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- VEERMAN Web Site, Arend Veerman, Geertje Wierda, May 31, 2013
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Historical events
Birthday October 2, 1842
- The temperature on October 2, 1842 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- March 9 » The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
- March 17 » The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed.
- March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
- May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
- August 1 » The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
- November 26 » The University of Notre Dame is founded.
Day of death May 23, 1885
- The temperature on May 23, 1885 was about 14.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
- March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
- October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
- November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
- December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Same birth/death day
- 1828 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France († 1896)
- 1832 » Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic († 1917)
- 1847 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany († 1934)
- 1851 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal and theorist († 1929)
- 1852 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)
- 1854 » Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist († 1932)
- 1868 » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
- 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
- 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
- 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
- 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
- 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
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Jon Vandenberg, "Vandenberg Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/vandenberg-tree/R1334.php : accessed May 1, 2025), "Geertje Hitman (1842-1885)".