Family tree Eijken » Jan Johannes Gerardus de Bruijn (1887-1978)

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Household of Jan Johannes Gerardus de Bruijn

(1) He is married to Adriana Maria Fagel.

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(2) He is married to Sara Kornelia Maria Eijken.

They got married on October 4, 1916 at Rotterdam, he was 29 years old.


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Birthday February 9, 1887

  • The temperature on February 9, 1887 was about -3.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
    • 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 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
    • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Day of marriage October 4, 1916

  • The temperature on October 4, 1916 was between 12.3 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
    • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
    • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
    • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
    • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
    • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

Day of death May 29, 1978

  • The temperature on May 29, 1978 was between 9.1 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
    • April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
    • April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
    • July 1 » The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
    • September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
    • November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.


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  • 1885 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator († 1935)
  • 1885 » Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author († 1960)
  • 1889 » Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 1928)
  • 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)
  • 1892 » Peggy Wood, American actress († 1978)

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