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Personal data Willem Hendrik de Greve 

  • He was born on April 20, 1866 in Buitenzorg.
  • He died on January 5, 1925 in Coulosdon (Surrey, Eng), he was 58 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 4, 2002.

Household of Willem Hendrik de Greve

He is married to Jacoba Wilhelmina Anetta Canter Visscher.

They got married on January 9, 1913 at Den haag, he was 46 years old.


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Birthday April 20, 1866

  • The temperature on April 20, 1866 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
    • April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
    • May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • July 25 » The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
    • August 17 » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
    • August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.

Day of death January 5, 1925

  • The temperature on January 5, 1925 was between 4.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
    • February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
    • March 18 » The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
    • March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
    • May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
    • August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.


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