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Personal data Wilhelmus Cornelis Brittijn 


Household of Wilhelmus Cornelis Brittijn

He is married to Hillegonda Adriana Wijnveldt.

They got married on February 13, 1907 at Rotterdam, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Cornelis Brittijn  1914-1992 


Notes about Wilhelmus Cornelis Brittijn

in 1902 voor de krijgsraad gedaagd (bron Noordhollands Archief).


Echtscheiding van H.A. Wijnveldt 20-12-1929, Op 8-2-1933 trouwen beiden opnieuw in Rotterdam met elkaar. 


Op 18-11-1938 wordt hij opgenomen in Maasoord.

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  • The temperature on December 15, 1881 was about 1.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
    • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
    • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
  • The temperature on February 13, 1907 was between 1.7 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
    • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
    • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
    • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
    • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • The temperature on April 16, 1942 was between 0.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
    • July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
    • August 23 » World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
    • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.
    • November 27 » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
    • December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.


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