Family tree Wim en Annelies de Leede » Helena Catharina Meesters (1864-1944)
Personal data Helena Catharina Meesters
- She was born on April 9, 1864 in Schiedam.
- She died on August 6, 1944 in Schiedam, she was 80 years old.
- A child of Leendert Meesters and Maria Magdalena Baron
Household of Helena Catharina Meesters
She is married to Pieter Bijl.
They got married on March 23, 1887 at Schiedam, she was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Maria Magdalena Bijl 1889-1893
- Johanna Geertrui Bijl 1892-????
- Maria Magdalena Bijl 1894-????
- Helena Catharina Bijl 1898-????
- Pieter Bijl 1900-
- Jan Jacob Bijl 1903-
- Elisabeth Bijl 1908-
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Historical events
Birthday April 9, 1864
- The temperature on April 9, 1864 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
- May 15 » American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
- June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
- August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
- November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
- December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
Day of marriage March 23, 1887
- The temperature on March 23, 1887 was about 6.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 49 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 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)
- 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 year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
- April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
- May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
- September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
Day of death August 6, 1944
- The temperature on August 6, 1944 was between 11.4 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- April 14 » Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20million pounds.
- April 16 » World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
- April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
- June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
- June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
- August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
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- 1867 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia († 1941)
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