Database Van Broekhoven » Jan Baptist van Helvoirt (1861-1940)
Personal data Jan Baptist van Helvoirt
- He was born on July 12, 1861 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on March 4, 1940 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 78 years old.
- A child of Norbertus van Helvoort and Maria Anna Thal
- This information was last updated on October 25, 2020.
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Historical events
Birthday July 12, 1861
- The temperature on July 12, 1861 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
- February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
- February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
- April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
- April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
Day of death March 4, 1940
- The temperature on March 4, 1940 was between 1.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
- April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
- June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
- August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
- September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
- November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
- November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
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