Database Van Broekhoven » Egidius Maria van Engelen (1917-1948)
Personal data Egidius Maria van Engelen
- He was born on December 8, 1917 in Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on May 25, 1948 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 30 years old.
- A child of Martinus van Engelen and Antonetta Maria van Beurden
- This information was last updated on December 9, 2018.
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Birthday December 8, 1917
- The temperature on December 8, 1917 was between 0.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
- March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
- March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
- June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
- December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death May 25, 1948
- The temperature on May 25, 1948 was between 2.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
- January 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
- May 24 » Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
- June 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
- June 26 » Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
- June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
- July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
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