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Personal data Cornelis van Velzen 


Household of Cornelis van Velzen

He is married to Maria Verstraaten.

They got married on May 6, 1908 at Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 1


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Historical events

Birthday August 16, 1882

  • The temperature on August 16, 1882 was about 12.3 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
    • September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
    • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
    • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.

Day of marriage May 6, 1908

  • The temperature on May 6, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
    • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
    • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
    • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
    • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
    • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.

Day of death April 13, 1955

  • The temperature on April 13, 1955 was between 3.1 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
    • April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
    • June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
    • July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
    • December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
    • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
  • 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
  • 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
  • 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
  • 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)

Source: Wikipedia


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