Genealogy Van Raam » Benjamin van Zanten (1875-1942)
Personal data Benjamin van Zanten
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Sources 3, 4, 5, 6- Alternative names: Benjamin van Zanten (also known as / alias), Benjamin van Zanten (also known as / alias), Benjamin van Zanten (also known as / alias), Benjamin van Zanten (also known as / alias)
- He was born on December 13, 1875 in Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland.
- Profession: veehandelaar, slachter, koopman.
- He died on August 30, 1942 in Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland, he was 66 years old.Source 4
- A child of Salomon van Zanten and Rebekka van Dam
- This information was last updated on July 1, 2018.
Household of Benjamin van Zanten
(1) He is married to Sara Witteboon.Sources 1, 2, 3
They got married on October 27, 1897 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 21 years old.Source 6
Child(ren):
- Pinas van Zanten 1900-1900
- Rachel van Zanten 1903-1904
- Rebekka van Zanten 1905-2000
(2) He is married to Aaltje de Vries.
They got married on November 25, 1931 at Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 55 years old.Source 5
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Historical events
Birthday December 13, 1875
- The temperature on December 13, 1875 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
- February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
- March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
- August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
- 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 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
Day of marriage November 25, 1931
- The average temperature on November 25, 1931 was 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
- March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
- May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
- May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
- July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
- 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 August 30, 1942
- The temperature on August 30, 1942 was between 16.9 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). 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 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 8 » World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
- May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
- May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
- August 23 » World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
- December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.
- December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
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