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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmus Johannes van Rijswijk

Wilhelmus van Rijswijk
1863-1932
Maria Adriana van Esch
1867-1953
Cornelis van Gils
1836-1899
Catharina Vissers
1847-1908

Wilhelmus Johannes van Rijswijk
1918-1995


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Historical events

Birthday May 1, 1918

  • The temperature on May 1, 1918 was between 3.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • March 25 » The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
    • June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
    • August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
    • August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
    • October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
    • November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.

Day of death February 3, 1995

  • The temperature on February 3, 1995 was between 2.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
    • January 30 » Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
    • February 26 » The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
    • May 1 » Croatian War of Independence: Croatian forces launch Operation Flash.
    • June 26 » Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
    • July 18 » On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1917 » Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar († 2001)
  • 1917 » Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer († 2017)
  • 1917 » John Beradino, American baseball player and actor († 1996)
  • 1917 » Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat († 2013)
  • 1918 » Gersh Budker, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic († 1977)
  • 1918 » Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host († 2004)

Source: Wikipedia


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