Family tree Lars Werner » Gerrit van WIJK (1878-1956)

Personal data Gerrit van WIJK 

  • He was born on September 12, 1878 in Veenendaal (Utrecht, The Netherlands).
  • He died on April 12, 1956 in Ede (Gelderland, The Netherlands), he was 77 years old.
  • This information was last updated on December 21, 2022.

Household of Gerrit van WIJK

He is married to Everdina Antoinetta van WAKEREN.

They got married on October 19, 1901 at Ede (Gelderland, The Netherlands), he was 23 years old.


Notes about Gerrit van WIJK


Begraafplaats: Algemene Begraafplaats De Munnikenhof , Munnikenweg 4, Veenendaal
Graf id-nummer: 1444282
Begraafplaatsnr.: 249
(Plaats)aanduiding: 754
G. van Wijk,18-12-1925 - 19-03-1943
E.A. van Wakeren, 07-03-1881 - 06-01-1950
G. van Wijk, 12-09-1878 - 12-04-1956
Gerrit van Wijk, 23-07-1910 - 14-10-1975
Tijmentje Honing,19-05-1916 - 26-05-2004

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Historical events

Birthday September 12, 1878

  • The temperature on September 12, 1878 was about 12.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
    • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Day of death April 12, 1956

  • The temperature on April 12, 1956 was between -1.7 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
    • June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
    • June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
    • June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
    • November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
    • November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.


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