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Household of Wilhelmus Antonius "Willem" Beekman

He is married to Catharina Engelina Schoenmaker.

They got married on May 4, 1895 at Veendam, he was 27 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmus Antonius Beekman

Hendrik Beekman
± 1827-????

Wilhelmus Antonius Beekman
1868-1953

1895

Catharina Engelina Schoenmaker
1868-1953


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Birthday April 2, 1868

  • The temperature on April 2, 1868 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
    • May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
    • May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
    • May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
    • September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
    • December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

Day of marriage May 4, 1895

  • The temperature on May 4, 1895 was about 11.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
    • February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
    • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
    • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
    • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
    • November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

Day of death February 4, 1953

  • The temperature on February 4, 1953 was between -2.6 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
    • May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
    • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
    • July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
    • August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
    • September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends


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  • 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
  • 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
  • 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)

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