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Personal data Sidonie Gabrielle Colette 


Household of Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

(1) She is married to Henry Gauthier-Villars.

They got married on May 15, 1893 at Châtillon-Coligny, Loiret, France, she was 20 years old.

The couple were divorced in 1906.


(2) She is married to Henri Jouvenel des Ursins.

They got married on December 19, 1912, she was 39 years old.


Child(ren):


The couple were divorced in 1925.


(3) She had a relationship with Bertrand Jouvenel des Ursins.

Event (unmarried).


(4) She had a relationship with Sophie "Mathilde" Adèle Denise de Morny.

Event (unmarried).


(5) She had a relationship with Natalie Clifford Barney.

Event (unmarried).


(6) She is married to Maurice Goudeket.

They got married on April 3, 1935, she was 62 years old.


Notes about Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Elle a été élue membre de l’Académie Goncourt en 1945.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
1873-1954

(1) 1893

Henry Gauthier-Villars
1859-1931

(2) 1912

Henri Jouvenel des Ursins
1876-1935

Colette Renée Jouvenel des Ursins
1913-1981
(3) 

Bertrand Jouvenel des Ursins
1903-1987

(4) 

Sophie "Mathilde" Adèle Denise de Morny
1863-1944

(5) 

Natalie Clifford Barney
1876-1972

(6) 1935

Maurice Goudeket
1889-1977


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Historical events

Birthday January 28, 1873

  • The temperature on January 28, 1873 was about -1.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 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 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
    • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
    • March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
    • August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
    • October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
    • November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

Day of marriage April 3, 1935

  • The temperature on April 3, 1935 was between -0.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
    • February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
    • February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
    • May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
    • July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
    • November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.

Day of death August 3, 1954

  • The temperature on August 3, 1954 was between 12.2 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
    • July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
    • July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
    • September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
    • September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
    • November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1873 » Colette, French novelist and journalist († 1954)
  • 1873 » Monty Noble, Australian cricketer († 1940)
  • 1874 » Alex Smith, Scottish golfer († 1930)
  • 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
  • 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
  • 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)

Source: Wikipedia


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