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Personal data Matthijs Berns 


Household of Matthijs Berns

(1) He is married to Adriana Pieternella Jacoba Henkes.

They got married on November 14, 1888 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 20 years old.Source 1


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(2) He is married to Cecilia Kok.

They got married on February 4, 1931 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 63 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Matthijs Berns

Matthijs Berns
1867-1950

(1) 1888

Adriana Pieternella Jacoba Henkes
1870-1929

Johanna Theodora Berns
1888-1922
(2) 1931

Cecilia Kok
1866-1940


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Historical events

Birthday November 17, 1867

  • The temperature on November 17, 1867 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
    • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
    • June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
    • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
    • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
    • 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.
    • November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).

Day of marriage February 4, 1931

  • The temperature on February 4, 1931 was between -3.0 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
    • March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
    • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
    • October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
    • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
    • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Day of death March 15, 1950

  • The temperature on March 15, 1950 was between 2.1 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
    • June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
    • October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
    • October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
    • November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
    • December 17 » The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.


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