Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrikus Gijsbertus van Wijk (1875-1942)
Personal data Hendrikus Gijsbertus van Wijk
- He was born on April 26, 1875 in Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on November 21, 1942 in Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 67 years old.
- A child of Marinus van Wijk and Elizabeth van Spijk
- This information was last updated on March 1, 2020.
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Birthday April 26, 1875
- The temperature on April 26, 1875 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
- May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
- May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
- July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
- September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
- October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Day of death November 21, 1942
- The temperature on November 21, 1942 was between 0.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
- January 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
- March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
- May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
- June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
- September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
- October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
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