Family tree Keesman » Martinus Keesman (1908-1944)
Personal data Martinus Keesman
- He was born on May 16, 1908 in Schagen.Source 1
Tijdstip: 05:30:00
- Profession: Controleur bij een melkinrichting.Source 2
- Education: mulo examen.Source 3
In de Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant van 2 augustus 1925 staan de geslaagden vermeld uit Alkmaar. Hierbij staat M. Keesman uit Schagen. Het gaat zeer waarschijnlijk om Martinus Keesman
- Religion: Doopsgezind.
- Resident on May 16, 1908: De Loet 54, Schagen.Source 1
- He died on May 2, 1944 in Den Haag, he was 35 years old.Source 2
Martinus is in het graf van zijn vader Jan en moeder Neeltje bijgezet op Begraafplaats De Hoep aan de Hoep 6 te Schagen in grafno. 750.
Tijdstip: 01:00:00
- He is buried in Schagen.
- A child of Jan Keesman and Neeltje Koning
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Birthday May 16, 1908
- The temperature on May 16, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
- March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
- April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
- May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
- August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
- August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
- November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
Day of death May 2, 1944
- The temperature on May 2, 1944 was between 8.0 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- January 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
- January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
- January 29 » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
- March 18 » Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
- June 15 » World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
- June 20 » World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
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