Family tree De Backer - Evers » Gerardus Augustinus - Gust - Gukke Huygens (1888-1951)
Personal data Gerardus Augustinus - Gust - Gukke Huygens
Source 1- He was born on September 26, 1888 in Buken.
- Profession: Agriulteur.
- He died on October 19, 1951 in Leuven, he was 63 years old.
- He is buried in Buken.
- A child of Joannes Baptista Huygens and Joanna Catharina - Trien Vranckx
Household of Gerardus Augustinus - Gust - Gukke Huygens
He is married to Maria Mathilda - Tille Piot.
They got married on August 16, 1917 at Relst, he was 28 years old.
Child(ren):
- Joannes Maurice Huygens 1917-1993
- Maria Yvonne Huygens 1919-2005
- Petrus Julius Huygens 1921-1923
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Historical events
Birthday September 26, 1888
- The temperature on September 26, 1888 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
- August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
- August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
- September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
- September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
- December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of marriage August 16, 1917
- The temperature on August 16, 1917 was between 12.5 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
- March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
- July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
- August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
- September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
- November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
Day of death October 19, 1951
- The temperature on October 19, 1951 was between 1.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
- February 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
- March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
- April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
- May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
- May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
- December 24 » Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
Same birth/death day
- 1887 » Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director († 1967)
- 1887 » Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb († 1979)
- 1887 » Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet († 1958)
- 1888 » J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author († 1964)
- 1888 » T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
- 1889 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist († 1946)
- 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
- 1945 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
- 1945 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
- 1950 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
- 1952 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
- 1956 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
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