Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Maria Josephus Meeuwsen (1872-1943)

Day of marriage November 29, 1899

• The temperature on November 29, 1899 was about 5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Day of death February 3, 1943

• The temperature on February 3, 1943 was between 2.0 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • February 14 » World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
  • February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
  • February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
  • March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
  • July 24 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
  • November 29 » World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)