Family tree Eilander » Gerhard Willem van Merle (1866-1930)
Personal data Gerhard Willem van Merle
- He was born in the year 1866 in Wijhe.
- Profession: Landbouwer.
- He died on March 17, 1930 in Wijhe, he was 64 years old.Source 1
- A child of Willem van Merle and Gerrigjen Kamphuis
- This information was last updated on August 1, 2012.
Household of Gerhard Willem van Merle
He is married to Hillegonda Kattenwinkel.
They got married on May 1, 1896 at Wijhe, he was 30 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Gerrigje van Merle 1897-????
- Gerard Johan van Merle 1898-????
- Jan Willem van Merle 1909-1910
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Day of marriage May 1, 1896
- The temperature on May 1, 1896 was about 10.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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.
- March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
Day of death March 17, 1930
- The temperature on March 17, 1930 was between 2.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (55%). 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 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 year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
- January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
- March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
- March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
- April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
- September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
- September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
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