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Oorlogsslachtoffer
Rang:Gep. Sgt. Zvpl.
Militair onderdeel:KNIL.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Giel Bessels

Peter Koldenhof
1806-1856
Johanna Buitenhuis
1809-1874
Bart Bessels
1846-1901

Giel Bessels
1878-1944


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Birthday October 31, 1878

  • The temperature on October 31, 1878 was about 1.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of death October 6, 1944

  • The temperature on October 6, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (86%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
    • April 22 » World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.
    • April 29 » World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
    • July 6 » The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
    • September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
    • September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.


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