Descendants Geurt Reijers van Tuijl omgeving Ochten » Anthonie van Sandijk (1891-1942)

Day of marriage August 29, 1917

• The temperature on August 29, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
  • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
  • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

Day of death July 14, 1942

• The temperature on July 14, 1942 was between 12.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
  • January 20 » World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question".
  • February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
  • February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
  • May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
  • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1936 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (b. 1890)
• 1937 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1860)
• 1954 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)