Emigranten » Cornelis Bijkerk (1898-1982)
Personal data Cornelis Bijkerk
- He was born on March 17, 1898 in Zwijndrecht (ZH).Source 1
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- He died on March 17, 1982 in Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan, United States, he was 84 years old.
- A child of Arie Bijkerk and Wijntje Los
- This information was last updated on April 1, 2024.
Household of Cornelis Bijkerk
Notes about Cornelis Bijkerk
he emigrated with his brother Jan on December 16, 1916 to the United States. He married on 15 March 1929 in Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States to Gerritje van Dijk
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Birthday March 17, 1898
- The temperature on March 17, 1898 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
- April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
- June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
- June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
- October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
Day of death March 17, 1982
- The temperature on March 17, 1982 was between 2.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
- January 30 » Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
- April 17 » Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
- May 4 » Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMSSheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
- May 12 » During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
- May 29 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
- July 24 » Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
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Jim Joosten, "Emigranten", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/emigranten/I8884.php : accessed January 30, 2026), "Cornelis Bijkerk (1898-1982)".