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Personal data Johannes Gerardus Leerkotte 

  • He was born on September 15, 1896 in Hengelo-Klein Driene.
  • Profession: starting 1931 chauffeur.
  • Resident:
    • starting 1900: Oldenzaalschenstraatweg, Hengelo.
    • starting 1902: Rotweg, Hengelo.
  • He died on August 4, 1974 in Hengelo, he was 77 years old.
  • A child of Gerardus Leerkotte and Gesina Hesselink
  • This information was last updated on May 9, 2022.

Household of Johannes Gerardus Leerkotte

He is married to Hermina Johanna Leusenkamp.

They got married on May 8, 1931 at Hengelo, he was 34 years old.


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Birthday September 15, 1896

  • The temperature on September 15, 1896 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
    • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
    • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
    • May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
    • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

Day of marriage May 8, 1931

  • The temperature on May 8, 1931 was between 7.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
    • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
    • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
    • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
    • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
    • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
    • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

Day of death August 4, 1974

  • The temperature on August 4, 1974 was between 13.3 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 30.2 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
    • June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
    • July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
    • July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
    • July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
    • November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.


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  • 1894 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic († 1977)
  • 1895 » Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
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Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Leerkotte


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