Genealogy Naessens » Matthijs van Galen (1859-1939)

Personal data Matthijs van Galen 


Household of Matthijs van Galen

He is married to Antje Waanders.

They got married on September 7, 1881 at Delft, The Netherlands, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Leendert van Galen  1882-1883
  2. Matthijs van Galen  1885-????
  4. Antje van Galen  1888-1955
  5. Ankje van Galen  1890-1890
  7. Apolonia van Galen  1893-????
  9. Adriana van Galen  1897-????
  12. Adrianus van Galen  1901-1903

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Day of marriage September 7, 1881

  • The temperature on September 7, 1881 was about 17.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
    • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
    • September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.

Day of death August 28, 1939

  • The temperature on August 28, 1939 was between 12.0 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
    • March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
    • April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
    • August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
    • September 17 » World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
    • September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.


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