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Personal data Petrus Johannes "Piet" van Gils 

  • Nickname is Piet.
  • He was born on April 30, 1870 in Oosterhout.
    BRON: Gemeente Oosterhout, Brontype boek, Registernaam Geboorteregister 1870, Code OTH_G_1870
    Periode register 1870, Aktenummer 96, Plaats geboorte Oosterhout, Datum geboorte 30-04-1870
    Kind Petrus Johannes van Gils, Kind geslacht m, Vader Nicolaas van Gils, Moeder Elisabeth de Jong
  • He died on September 12, 1947 in Goirle, he was 77 years old.
  • A child of Nicolaas van Gils and Elisabeth de Jong
  • This information was last updated on September 7, 2010.

Household of Petrus Johannes "Piet" van Gils

He is married to Maria Johanna Catharina Schouten.

They got married on October 15, 1894 at Goirle, he was 24 years old.

Gemeente Goirle
Brontype boek
Registernaam Huwelijksregister 1894
Code GLE_H_1894
Periode register 1894
Aktenummer 17
Plaats huwelijk Goirle
Datum huwelijk 15-10-1894
Bruidegom Petrus Johannes van Gils
Bruidegom leeftijd 24 jaar
Bruidegom plaats geboorte Oosterhout
Bruidegom datum geboorte 30-04-1870
Vader bruidegom Nicolaas van Gils
Moeder bruidegom Elisabeth de Jong
Bruid Maria Johanna Catharina Schouten
Bruid leeftijd 23 jaar
Bruid plaats geboorte Goirle
Bruid datum geboorte 09-02-1871
Vader bruid Peter Schouten
Moeder bruid Elisabeth Walschots

Child(ren):

  5. Elisabeth van Gils  1901-1988
  8. Karel van Gils  1906-1907

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Birthday April 30, 1870

  • The temperature on April 30, 1870 was about 11.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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.
    • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
    • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
    • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
    • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
    • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
    • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

Day of marriage October 15, 1894

  • The temperature on October 15, 1894 was about 6.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
    • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
    • March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
    • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
    • June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
    • July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
    • September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.

Day of death September 12, 1947

  • The temperature on September 12, 1947 was between 14.6 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
    • January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
    • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
    • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
    • April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
    • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.


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