Database Van Broekhoven » Hermanus van Wijk (1853-1931)
Personal data Hermanus van Wijk
- He was born on December 19, 1853 in Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on February 16, 1931 in Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 77 years old.
- A child of Bernaerdus van Wijk and Johanna Brock
- This information was last updated on September 21, 2024.
Household of Hermanus van Wijk
He is married to Adriana van Delft.
They got married on May 28, 1902 at Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 48 years old.Source 1
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Historical events
Birthday December 19, 1853
- The temperature on December 19, 1853 was about -10.0 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 4 » After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
- January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
- March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
- October 4 » The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- November 30 » Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
Day of marriage May 28, 1902
- The temperature on May 28, 1902 was between 6.5 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 16.2 hours of sunshine (100%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
- January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
- April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
- June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
- July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
- December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of death February 16, 1931
- The temperature on February 16, 1931 was between -0.1 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
- March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
- March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
- March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
- May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
- June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
- July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
Same birth/death day
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- 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
- 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
- 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
- 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
- 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
- 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
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