Family tree Looije(n) » Arnoldus Looijen (1855-1912)
Personal data Arnoldus Looijen
- He was born on May 21, 1855 in Wageningen (GL).Source 1
- He died on November 1, 1912 in Wageningen (GL), he was 57 years old.Source 2
- A child of Arnoldus Looijen and Gerredina Meurs
- This information was last updated on August 6, 2017.
Household of Arnoldus Looijen
He is married to Stijntje De Leeuw.
They got married on August 1, 1879 at Wageningen (GL), he was 24 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Berendina Looijen 1880-1919
- Gerrit Looijen 1881-1884
- Arnoldus Looijen 1883-1884
- Jantje Looijen 1889-1967
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Historical events
Birthday May 21, 1855
- The temperature on May 21, 1855 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 14 » Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
- May 3 » American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
- July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
- August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
- September 29 » The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
- November 16 » David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.
Day of marriage August 1, 1879
- The temperature on August 1, 1879 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
- June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
- July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
- October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
- October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
Day of death November 1, 1912
- The temperature on November 1, 1912 was between 2.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
- July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
- October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
- December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
- December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
- December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
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- 1853 » Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician († 1905)
- 1856 » José Batlle y Ordóñez, Uruguayan journalist and politician, President of Uruguay († 1929)
- 1860 » Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physician, physiologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
- 1861 » Abel Ayerza, Argentinian physician and academic († 1918)
- 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
- 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
- 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
- 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
- 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
- 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
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