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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmus Cornelis Denissen

Hendrik Denissen
1809-1877
Petronella Verhoeven
1807-1877
Lambert Smulders
1814-1890
Anna Maria van Iersel
1814-1881

Wilhelmus Cornelis Denissen
1886-1939


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Historical events

Birthday November 13, 1886

  • The temperature on November 13, 1886 was about 8.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
    • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
    • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
    • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

Day of death February 20, 1939

  • The temperature on February 20, 1939 was between -1.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
    • March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
    • March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
    • April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
    • September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
    • September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1878 » Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic († 1952)
  • 1879 » John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete († 1939)
  • 1881 » Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman († 1907)
  • 1883 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player († 1957)
  • 1886 » Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer († 1973)
  • 1893 » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)

Source: Wikipedia


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