Family tree Looije(n) » Willem Looijen (1919-1993)

Personal data Willem Looijen 


Household of Willem Looijen

He is married to Mina Henzen.

They got married on October 2, 1940 at Rhenen (UT), he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Cornelia Looijen  1941-1980

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Looijen

Gerrit Jan Looijen
1814-1891
Huibertje Van Zwetselaar
1825-1891

Willem Looijen
1919-1993

1940

Mina Henzen
1921-1975

Cornelia Looijen
1941-1980

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    1. Online begraafplaatsen Nieuwe Begraafplaats Amerongen Graf id-nummer:142175

    Historical events

    Birthday December 25, 1919

    • The temperature on December 25, 1919 was between -0.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
      • January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
      • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
      • May 19 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
      • June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
      • July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
      • August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.

    Day of marriage October 2, 1940

    • The temperature on October 2, 1940 was between 3.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
      • May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
      • May 15 » USSSailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
      • July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
      • August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
      • November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
      • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

    Day of death August 10, 1993

    • The temperature on August 10, 1993 was between 9.8 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
      • March 12 » North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
      • March 12 » Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
      • March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
      • April 24 » An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
      • April 28 » A Zambia Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo crashes off the coast of Libreville, Gabon, killing all 30 passengers, which included the entire Zambia national football team.
      • September 21 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.
    

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