Family tree Diverse » Wilhelmus van Wanrooij (1916-1996)
Personal data Wilhelmus van Wanrooij
- He was born on December 21, 1916 in Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- He died on March 15, 1996 in Dordrecht, Gemeente Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 79 years old.
- A child of Johannes van Wanrooij and Petronella Lugters
- This information was last updated on October 9, 2021.
Household of Wilhelmus van Wanrooij
He is married to Johanna de Kok.
They got married about 1939.
Child(ren):
- Petrus van Wanrooij 1939-1940
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Historical events
Birthday December 21, 1916
- The temperature on December 21, 1916 was between -1.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. 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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
- February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
- February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
- February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
- June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
- June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
Day of death March 15, 1996
- The temperature on March 15, 1996 was between -0.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
- February 29 » Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
- March 25 » The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
- April 28 » Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
- May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
- July 5 » Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- October 31 » TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
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