Purvis Farquhar » Willem van Haeften (1865-1926)

Personal data Willem van Haeften 


Household of Willem van Haeften

He is married to Charlotte Francis.

They got married on December 28, 1888 at Utrecht, Nederland, he was 23 years old.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on February 9, 1865 was about -3.2 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
    • March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
    • April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
    • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
    • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
    • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
  • The temperature on June 12, 1926 was between 8.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
    • January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
    • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
    • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
    • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
    • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
    • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.


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Dingeman Hendrikse, "Purvis Farquhar", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/purvis-farquehar/R19559.php : accessed May 1, 2024), "Willem van Haeften (1865-1926)".