Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus "Piet" van den Brandt (1914-1940)
Personal data Petrus "Piet" van den Brandt
- Nickname is Piet.
- He was born on September 25, 1914 in Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on January 15, 1940 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 25 years old.
- A child of Hendrik Antoni van den Brandt and Helena Vugts
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Birthday September 25, 1914
- The temperature on September 25, 1914 was between 5.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
- July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
- August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
- October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
- November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
- December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of death January 15, 1940
- The temperature on January 15, 1940 was between -0.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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, 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.
- April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
- June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
- July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
- October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
- November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
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