Database Schaap » Cornelis Thomas van Leeuwen (1873-1940)

Personal data Cornelis Thomas van Leeuwen 


Household of Cornelis Thomas van Leeuwen

He is married to Wilhelmina Elbertse.

They got married on May 27, 1919 at Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland, he was 45 years old.

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Birthday October 27, 1873

  • The temperature on October 27, 1873 was about 9.7 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
    • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
    • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
    • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
    • May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
    • August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.

Day of death December 8, 1940

  • The temperature on December 8, 1940 was between -0.8 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
    • May 13 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
    • May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
    • June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
    • July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
    • November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.


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