Family tree Ham » Willem Beekman (1903-1917)
Personal data Willem Beekman
- He was born on May 22, 1903 in Apeldoorn (Zevenhuizen).
- He died on June 11, 1917 in Apeldoorn, he was 14 years old.
- A child of Willem Beekman and Gerritje Hermina Nijdeken
- This information was last updated on June 23, 2014.
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Historical events
Birthday May 22, 1903
- The temperature on May 22, 1903 was between 7.4 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (90%). 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
- February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
- February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
- April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
- July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
- August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
- December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death June 11, 1917
- The temperature on June 11, 1917 was between 13.0 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
- March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
- October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
- November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
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J. Ham, "Family tree Ham", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-ham/I54146.php : accessed June 23, 2024), "Willem Beekman (1903-1917)".