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Personal data Adriaan Broks 


Household of Adriaan Broks

He is married to Wilhelmina Raaijmakers.

They got married on April 23, 1888 at Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 33 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrika Broks  1894-1982 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Adriaan Broks

Adriaan Broks
1855-1942

1888

Wilhelmina Raaijmakers
1859-1911

Hendrika Broks
1894-1982

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Historical events

Birthday February 18, 1855

  • The temperature on February 18, 1855 was about -16.8 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
    • February 11 » Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
    • May 3 » American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
    • August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
    • September 29 » The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
    • November 16 » David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.

Day of marriage April 23, 1888

  • The temperature on April 23, 1888 was about 12.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
    • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
    • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
    • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
    • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.

Day of death April 6, 1942

  • The temperature on April 6, 1942 was between 6.5 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
    • February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
    • March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
    • June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
    • July 1 » World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
    • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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