Genealogy Harssema » Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor von PREUßEN (1887-1949)

Personal data Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor von PREUßEN 


Household of Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor von PREUßEN

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Alexandra Viktoria zu SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-GL?CKSBURG) is also his cousin.

He is married to Alexandra Viktoria zu SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-GLÜCKSBURG.

They got married on October 22, 1908 at Berlin Berlin Germany, he was 21 years old.


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Notes about Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor von PREUßEN

35C4R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C3R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37C2R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
39th Cousin from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C5R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C4R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37C3R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
39C1R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C6R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C5R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37C4R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
39C2R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C7R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C6R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37C5R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
39C3R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).

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Historical events

Birthday January 29, 1887

  • The temperature on January 29, 1887 was about 4.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Day of marriage October 22, 1908

  • The temperature on October 22, 1908 was between -2.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
    • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
    • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
    • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
    • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
    • July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).

Day of death March 25, 1949

  • The temperature on March 25, 1949 was between 3.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
    • May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
    • June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
    • July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
    • September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
    • October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.


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  • 1956 » Lou Moore, American race car driver (b. 1904)
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About the surname Von PREUßEN


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