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Personal data Cornelia van Dam
- She was born on January 16, 1855 in Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
Plaats: bron: Geen geboorteakte, maar wel datum en plaats. Door herleiding bij huwelijk en overlijden kunnen afleiden dat dit de juiste persoon bij deze geboortedatum is.
- She died on September 25, 1942 in 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, she was 87 years old.
Plaats: Haags Gemeente Archief, akte B2189
- A child of Cornelis van Dam and Neeltje Breetveld
- This information was last updated on October 28, 2021.
Household of Cornelia van Dam
She is married to Willem Nicolaas de Zwaaff.
They got married on August 14, 1901 at 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, she was 46 years old.
Plaats: bron: Haags Gemeente Archief, akte 1067
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Historical events
Birthday January 16, 1855
- The temperature on January 16, 1855 was about -5.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 12 » Michigan State University is established.
- March 2 » Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- May 3 » American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
- June 1 » The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
- August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
- November 16 » David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.
Day of marriage August 14, 1901
- The temperature on August 14, 1901 was between 10.0 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (76%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
- March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
- July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
- September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
- September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
- September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
Day of death September 25, 1942
- The temperature on September 25, 1942 was between 6.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
- February 18 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
- March 17 » Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
- November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
- December 2 » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
- December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.
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B. Burger, "Family tree Burger", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-burger/I6183.php : accessed March 6, 2026), "Cornelia van Dam (1855-1942)".