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Personal data Johannes Martinus Smeekens 


Household of Johannes Martinus Smeekens

He is married to Petronella Johanna Amalia de Bruijn.

They got married on February 10, 1887 at Breda, he was 26 years old.


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Birthday February 23, 1860

  • The temperature on February 23, 1860 was about -4.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • 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).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
    • April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
    • May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
    • June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
    • December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
    • December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

Day of marriage February 10, 1887

  • The temperature on February 10, 1887 was about -1.3 °C. The air pressure was 44 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Day of death January 2, 1933

  • The temperature on January 2, 1933 was between 2.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (73%). 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 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • March 23 » The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
    • April 3 » First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
    • May 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
    • September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
    • December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
    • December 6 » U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.


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