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Personal data Wilhelmus Kivits
- He was born on March 16, 1867 in Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on March 6, 1943 in Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 75 years old.
- A child of Jan Kivits and Johanna de Beer
- This information was last updated on September 26, 2024.
Household of Wilhelmus Kivits
He is married to Hendrika Scheij.
They got married on August 16, 1894 at Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Cornelia Kivits 1899-1916
- Wilhelmus Kivits 1906-1907
- Theodorus Kivits 1909-1909
- Theodorus Kivits 1910-1910
- Theodora Kivits 1912-1912
- Hendrika Kivits 1914-1914
- Cornelia Kivits 1916-1986
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Historical events
Birthday March 16, 1867
- The temperature on March 16, 1867 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
- March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
- March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
- March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
- May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
Day of marriage August 16, 1894
- The temperature on August 16, 1894 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
- February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
- May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
- July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
- August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
- September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
Day of death March 6, 1943
- The temperature on March 6, 1943 was between 0.6 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
- July 25 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
- August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
- October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
- October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
- November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
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- 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
- 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)
- 1874 » Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister († 1958)
- 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
- 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
- 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
- 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
- 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
- 1950 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
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