Family tree Eilander » Gerrit Jan Zwerus (1888-1960)
Personal data Gerrit Jan Zwerus
- He was born on January 1, 1888 in Hattem.
- He died on May 8, 1960 in Zwolle, he was 72 years old.
- A child of Hendrik Jan Zwerus and Helena Cornelia Wendt
- This information was last updated on April 21, 2011.
Household of Gerrit Jan Zwerus
He is married to Antonia Hardon.
They got married on May 12, 1910 at Zwolle, he was 22 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Hendrik Jan Zwerus 1910-1991
- Hermina Zwerus 1912-1991
- Helena Cornelia Zwerus 1915-< 1980
- Johanna Zwerus 1917-1994
- Gerdina Jacoba Zwerus 1920-1982
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Historical events
Birthday January 1, 1888
- The temperature on January 1, 1888 was about -10.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
- April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
- August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
- August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
- October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
Day of marriage May 12, 1910
- The temperature on May 12, 1910 was between 7.9 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
- March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
- April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
- June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
- July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
- September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
- October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
Day of death May 8, 1960
- The temperature on May 8, 1960 was between 10.8 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
- February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
- April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
- May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
- May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
- August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
- August 19 » Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
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- 1889 » Charles Bickford, American actor († 1967)
- 1890 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic († 1966)
- 1891 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan († 1969)
- 1950 » Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)
- 1952 » William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)
- 1959 » John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
- 1960 » J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
- 1965 » Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
- 1969 » Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892)
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