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Personal data Petrus Benedictus Mel 


Household of Petrus Benedictus Mel

(1) He is married to Louisa de Witte.

They got married on April 24, 1891 at Hengstdijk, he was 30 years old.


(2) He is married to Johanna Verstraten.

They got married on October 25, 1893 at Sint Jansteen, he was 32 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Petrus Benedictus Mel

Jacob Mel
1775-1857
Catharina van der Meijden
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Bruno de Bruijne
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Barbara Theresia van den Daele (Dorck)
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Judocus Mel
1812-1875

Petrus Benedictus Mel
1861-1928

(1) 1891

Louisa de Witte
1866-????

(2) 1893

Johanna Verstraten
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Historical events

Birthday January 7, 1861

  • The temperature on January 7, 1861 was about -8.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. 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)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
    • March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
    • May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
    • June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
    • June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
    • July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.

Day of marriage October 25, 1893

  • The temperature on October 25, 1893 was about 8.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
    • August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
    • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
    • November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

Day of death January 2, 1928

  • The temperature on January 2, 1928 was between -5.6 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
    • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
    • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
    • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
    • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
    • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.


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