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Personal data Josephus van Gils 

  • He was born on November 16, 1838 in Breda.
    GemeenteBreda
    Brontypeboek
    ArchiefnaamArchief ambtenaar van de Burgerlijke Stand Breda
    BronnaamStadsarchief Breda
    RegisternaamGeboorteregister 1838
    Code BG1838
    Periode register1838
    Aktenummer411
    Plaats geboorteBreda
    Datum akte geboorte16-11-1838
    Kind Josephus van Gils
    Kind geslachtm
  • He died on April 30, 1904 in Rotterdam, he was 65 years old.
  • This information was last updated on February 13, 2023.

Household of Josephus van Gils

He is married to Adriana Brands.

They got married on June 21, 1883 at Rotterdam, he was 44 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday November 16, 1838

  • The temperature on November 16, 1838 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken zwaar mist. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • April 30 » Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
    • July 15 » Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
    • August 18 » The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
    • September 1 » Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
    • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
    • December 16 » Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Day of death April 30, 1904

  • The temperature on April 30, 1904 was between 9.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
    • April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
    • May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
    • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
    • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
    • December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.


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