Database Van Broekhoven » Robertus van Helvoort (1894-1918)
Personal data Robertus van Helvoort
- He was born on April 30, 1894 in Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on November 17, 1918 in Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 24 years old.
- A child of Cornelis Hendrikus van Helvoort and Maria de Vaan
Household of Robertus van Helvoort
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Historical events
Birthday April 30, 1894
- The temperature on April 30, 1894 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
- January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
- November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
Day of death November 17, 1918
- The temperature on November 17, 1918 was between -5.1 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
- March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
- March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
- April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
- May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
- August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
- October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
Same birth/death day
- 1893 » Harold Breen, Australian public servant († 1966)
- 1893 » Joachim von Ribbentrop, German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1946)
- 1895 » Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat († 1960)
- 1896 » Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company († 1996)
- 1896 » Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist († 1972)
- 1897 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter († 1983)
- 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
- 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
- 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
- 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
- 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
- 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
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