Family tree Mara » Johan Christoffel Ignastius (1888-1961)
Personal data Johan Christoffel Ignastius
- He was born on October 23, 1888 in Amsterdam.
- He died on December 6, 1961 in Amsterdam, he was 73 years old.
- A child of Gerrit Grootewal and Maria Antonia Ignastius
- This information was last updated on March 31, 2024.
Household of Johan Christoffel Ignastius
He is married to Wilhelmina Johanna van Veen.
They got married on October 17, 1912 at Amsterdam, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Johannes Gerardus Ignastius ± 1913-
The couple were divorced from November 30, 1933 at Amsterdam.
Notes about Johan Christoffel Ignastius
Achternaam veranderd van Ingenastius in Grootewal in 15-06-1907
Timeline Johan Christoffel Ignastius
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Historical events
Birthday October 23, 1888
- The temperature on October 23, 1888 was about 8.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
- March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
- May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
- June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
- August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
- September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
Day of marriage October 17, 1912
- The temperature on October 17, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). 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 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.
- April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
- May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
- June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
- October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
- November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death December 6, 1961
- The temperature on December 6, 1961 was between 0.6 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
- March 9 » Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
- April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
- August 21 » American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.
- September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
- September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
- December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
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