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Personal data Benjamin Klaassen 


Household of Benjamin Klaassen

He is married to Maria 't Gilde.

They got married on March 15, 1894 at Hoek, Gemeente Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Iman Klaassen  1895-1918
  3. Catharina Klaassen  1899-1981
  6. Sara Klaassen  1904-1905
  7. Sara Klaassen  1906-

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Birthday March 31, 1870

  • The temperature on March 31, 1870 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
    • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
    • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
    • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
    • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

Day of marriage March 15, 1894

  • The temperature on March 15, 1894 was about 3.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
    • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
    • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

Day of death August 21, 1952

  • The temperature on August 21, 1952 was between 11.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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)
  • 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 Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
    • February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
    • June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
    • July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
    • September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
    • November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.


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