Family tree Dessing » Pieter Blokdijk (1884-1948)

Personal data Pieter Blokdijk 


Household of Pieter Blokdijk

He is married to Leentje Dessing.

They got married on July 28, 1944 at 's-Gravenhage, Nederland, he was 60 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday July 16, 1884

  • The temperature on July 16, 1884 was about 18.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.

Day of death February 12, 1948

  • The temperature on February 12, 1948 was between 3.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
    • January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
    • April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
    • July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
    • September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
    • December 11 » Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.


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