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Personal data Petrus van Opstal 


Household of Petrus van Opstal

He is married to Maria Vermeeren.

They got married on May 5, 1897 at Ginneken en Bavel, he was 35 years old.


Child(ren):

  9. Marinus van Opstal  1906-1988 
  11. Petrus van Opstal  1915-2004 

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Birthday September 25, 1861

  • The temperature on September 25, 1861 was about 10.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
    • April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
    • May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
    • May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
    • June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
    • October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.

Day of marriage May 5, 1897

  • The temperature on May 5, 1897 was about 9.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
    • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
    • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
    • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

Day of death February 17, 1932

  • The temperature on February 17, 1932 was between -2.5 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
    • March 1 » Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
    • June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
    • July 31 » The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
    • September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
    • December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.


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