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Personal data Willem Johannes de Graaff 


Household of Willem Johannes de Graaff

He is married to Gerredina Kesting.

They got married on July 9, 1913 at Amsterdam, he was 36 years old.

•Gehuwd op 9 juli 1913, Amsterdam, Nederland, met Willem de Graaff ca 1877 (Detail resultaat: (Vader bruid) - Bron Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk - Archieflocatie Noord-Hollands Archief - Algemeen Gemeente: Amsterdam - Soort akte: Huwelijksakte - Aktenummer: reg.4E;fol.24 - Datum: 09-07-1913 - Bruidegom Willem Johannes de Graaff - Leeftijd: 36 - Geboorteplaats: Rotterdam - Bruid Gerredina Kesting - Leeftijd: 39 - Geboorteplaats: Amsterdam - Vader bruidegom Willem Jacobus de Graaff - Moeder bruidegom Saartje Kik - Vader bruid Eduard Kesting - Moeder bruid Aafje Wolfrat - Nadere informatie Weduwe van Pieter Maret.;beroep Bg.:matroos bij de Koninklijke Marine;beroep vader Bd.:timmerman - )

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Birthday October 27, 1876

  • The temperature on October 27, 1876 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
    • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
    • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
    • November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

Day of death January 1, 1947

  • The temperature on January 1, 1947 was between -0.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
    • March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
    • June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
    • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
    • July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
    • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.


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