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Personal data Willem van Delft 


Household of Willem van Delft

He is married to Cornelia Timmermans.

They got married on May 11, 1914 at Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  2. Martinus van Delft  1917-1992
  3. Maria van Delft  1920-2009
  4. Johanna van Delft  1924-1924

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Historical events

Birthday May 18, 1883

  • The temperature on May 18, 1883 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
    • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
    • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
    • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
    • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
    • November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

Day of marriage May 11, 1914

  • The temperature on May 11, 1914 was between 6.1 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 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.
    • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
    • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
    • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
    • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
    • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

Day of death March 7, 1962

  • The temperature on March 7, 1962 was between -6.0 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
    • September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
    • September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
    • September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
    • September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    • December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.


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About the surname Van Delft


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