Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Cornelis den Besten (1891-1940)
Personal data Cornelis den Besten
- He was born on December 12, 1891 in Leerbroek (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
- Birth registration on December 14, 1891.Source 1
- He died on May 30, 1940 in Utrecht (UT), he was 48 years old.
Zie ook akte 8 d.d. 08-06-1940 te Leerbroek (Zederik) (ZH)
- Death registration on May 31, 1940.Source 2
- A child of Willem den Besten and Engelina Toom
- This information was last updated on September 19, 2020.
Household of Cornelis den Besten
He is married to Maria Kemkes.
They got married on May 4, 1911 at Everdingen (UT), he was 19 years old.Source 3
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Birthday December 12, 1891
- The temperature on December 12, 1891 was about 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
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Day of marriage May 4, 1911
- The temperature on May 4, 1911 was between 4.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
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- April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
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Day of death May 30, 1940
- The temperature on May 30, 1940 was between 10.8 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
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