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Personal data Petrus Adrianus van Gils 


Household of Petrus Adrianus van Gils

He is married to Cornelia Surewaardt.

They got married on November 4, 1910 at Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 21 years old.Source 1


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Historical events

Birthday June 6, 1889

  • The temperature on June 6, 1889 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
    • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
    • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
    • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Day of marriage November 4, 1910

  • The temperature on November 4, 1910 was between 2.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
    • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
    • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
    • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
    • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
    • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Day of death April 26, 1974

  • The temperature on April 26, 1974 was between 1.5 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • May 17 » Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
    • June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
    • June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
    • August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
    • October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
    • November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1976 » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
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