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Personal data Wilhelmus Joannes Mertens 


Household of Wilhelmus Joannes Mertens

He is married to Cornelia Catharina Martina Maria den Ronde.

They got married on July 14, 1920 at Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmus Joannes Mertens

Johannes Mertens
1801-1865
Petronilla Broekhoven
1820-1913
Adriaan Aerts
1811-1884
Barbara Helena de Brouwer
1812-1877

Wilhelmus Joannes Mertens
1894-1977

1920

Cornelia Catharina Martina Maria den Ronde
1894-1965


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Historical events

Birthday May 9, 1894

  • The temperature on May 9, 1894 was about 13.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • 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.
    • September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
    • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

Day of marriage July 14, 1920

  • The temperature on July 14, 1920 was between 8.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (44%). 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
    • February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
    • February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
    • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
    • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
    • December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

Day of death November 15, 1977

  • The temperature on November 15, 1977 was between 4.6 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
    • January 18 » SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    • March 24 » Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister of India, the first Prime Minister not to belong to Indian National Congress.
    • May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
    • October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
    • October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
    • November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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