Database Van Broekhoven » Willem Boshoven (1893-1978)
Personal data Willem Boshoven
- He was born on January 24, 1893 in Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
- He died on August 24, 1978 in Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 85 years old.
- A child of Hendrik Boshoven and Eva Johanna van Keppel
- This information was last updated on March 9, 2025.
Household of Willem Boshoven
(1) He is married to Maaijke Cornelia Littooij.
They got married on January 29, 1919 at Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Hendrik Boshoven 1920-2011
- (Not public)
- (Not public)
(2) He is married to Johanna Verspuij.
They got married on October 4, 1949 at Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 56 years old.Source 2
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Historical events
Birthday January 24, 1893
- The temperature on January 24, 1893 was about 3.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
- July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
- July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
- July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
- November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
Day of marriage October 4, 1949
- The temperature on October 4, 1949 was between 6.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- January 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
- April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
- May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
- May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
- June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
- November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
Day of death August 24, 1978
- The temperature on August 24, 1978 was between 9.0 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
- April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
- July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
- September 7 » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
- October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
- November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
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