Genealogy Kuipers » Govert Buijs (1866-1914)
Personal data Govert Buijs
Sources 1, 2- He was born on September 9, 1866 in Abbenbroek, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Profession: Luitenant-kolonel Infanterie.
Ned.-Indisch Leger, Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau
- He died on February 12, 1914 in Port Said, Bur Sa'id, Egypt, he was 47 years old.
- A child of Lubertus Buijs and Cornelia van Walbeek
- This information was last updated on June 5, 2006.
Household of Govert Buijs
He is married to Dina Maria van Hennekeler.
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Historical events
Birthday September 9, 1866
- The temperature on September 9, 1866 was about 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1866: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
- March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
- April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
- June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
- July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
- July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
Day of death February 12, 1914
- The temperature on February 12, 1914 was between 4.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
- April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
- April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
- May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
- August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
- September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
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