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Personal data Jan Fonken 


Household of Jan Fonken

He is married to Maria Elisabeth van Rijswijk.

They got married on April 24, 1923 at Tilburg, he was 27 years old.

Huwelijksakte Jan Fonken 24-04-1923 Tilburg
Gemeente Tilburg
Brontype boek
Archiefnummer 16
Archiefnaam Ambtenaar van de burgerlijke stand te Tilburg 1811-1957
Bronnaam huwelijksregisters
Registernaam Huwelijksregister 1923
Code TB_H_1923
Periode register 1923
Aktenummer 121
Plaats Tilburg
Datum 24-04-1923

Bruidegom Jan Fonken
Geboorteplaats Berkel-Enschot
Leeftijd 27

Bruid Maria Elisabeth van Rijswijk
Geboorteplaats Tilburg
Leeftijd 27

Vader bruidegom Bernardus Fonken

Moeder bruidegom Maria Cornelia Schaftenaar

Vader bruid Martinus van Rijswijk

Moeder bruid Johanna Maria Snels

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Birthday January 20, 1896

  • The temperature on January 20, 1896 was about -0.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
    • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
    • September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
    • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
    • December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
    • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

Day of marriage April 24, 1923

  • The temperature on April 24, 1923 was between -1.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
    • August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
    • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
    • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
    • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
    • October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.

Day of death November 20, 1978

  • The temperature on November 20, 1978 was between 3.5 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
    • March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
    • July 1 » The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
    • August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
    • August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.


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