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Personal data Dirk van Amrooij 


Household of Dirk van Amrooij

He is married to Maria Catharina Clavan.

They got married on May 29, 1940 at Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk van Amrooij

Dirk van Amrooij
1915-

1940

Maria Catharina Clavan
1914-


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Historical events

Birthday February 19, 1915

  • The temperature on February 19, 1915 was between 5.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
    • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
    • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
    • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
    • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
    • August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.

Day of marriage May 29, 1940

  • The temperature on May 29, 1940 was between 11.5 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
    • June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
    • June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
    • June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
    • August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
    • September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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