Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Dirk Jan van Gent (1875-1966)

Personal data Dirk Jan van Gent 


Household of Dirk Jan van Gent

He is married to Metje van Cuijlenburg.

They got married on June 10, 1904 at Geldermalsen, he was 29 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. NN van Gent  1904
  2. NN van Gent  1906
  3. Maria van Gent  1908-1997 
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Historical events

Birthday February 17, 1875

  • The temperature on February 17, 1875 was about 2.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
    • April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
    • May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
    • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
    • September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Day of marriage June 10, 1904

  • The temperature on June 10, 1904 was between 10.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
    • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
    • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
    • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
    • April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
    • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

Day of death May 6, 1966

  • The temperature on May 6, 1966 was between 5.5 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
    • July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
    • July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
    • August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
    • October 10 » The Beach Boys release one of their biggest singles, ranked the 6th greatest song by Rolling Stone, "Good Vibrations".
    • December 24 » A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
  • 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
  • 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
  • 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
  • 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
  • 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)

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