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Personal data Jan van Keppel 


Household of Jan van Keppel

He is married to Hendrika Willekes.

They got married on August 6, 1920 at Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 34 years old.Source 1

The couple were divorced from July 5, 1929 at Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.Source 1

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Historical events

Birthday August 16, 1885

  • The temperature on August 16, 1885 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
    • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
    • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
    • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

Day of death January 18, 1944

  • The temperature on January 18, 1944 was between 1.7 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
    • June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
    • July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
    • September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
    • September 18 » World War II: The British submarine HMSTradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
    • October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 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)
  • 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
  • 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)

Source: Wikipedia


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