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Personal data August Thyssen 


Household of August Thyssen

He is married to Hedwig Pelzer.

They got married on December 3, 1872 at Mülheim am Main, Allemagne, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Fritz Thyssen  1873-1951 
  2. August Thyssen  1874-1943
  3. Heinrich Thyssen  1875-1947 
  4. Hedwig Thyssen  1878-1960

The couple were divorced in 1885.


Notes about August Thyssen

Fondateur du groupe industriel Thyssen à Duisburg puis à Styrum/Mühlheim.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of August Thyssen

Nikolaus Thyssen
1763-1814
Christie Nellessen
1766-1818
Johann Isaak Thyssen
1766-1845
Margaretha Kluck
1784-1868

August Thyssen
1842-1926

1872

Hedwig Pelzer
1854-1940

Fritz Thyssen
1873-1951
August Thyssen
1874-1943
Heinrich Thyssen
1875-1947
Hedwig Thyssen
1878-1960

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Birthday May 17, 1842

  • The temperature on May 17, 1842 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1842: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
    • March 9 » The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
    • March 28 » First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
    • August 14 » American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
    • August 29 » Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
    • December 7 » First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

Day of marriage December 3, 1872

  • The temperature on December 3, 1872 was about 6.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
    • April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
    • May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
    • July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
    • December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
    • December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

Day of death April 4, 1926

  • The temperature on April 4, 1926 was between 9.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
    • March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
    • April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
    • May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
    • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
    • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.


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