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Personal data Bernardus Johannes Pothof 


Household of Bernardus Johannes Pothof

He is married to Bernardina Frederika Maria Kolkman.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Lichtenvoorde on January 1, 1938.

They got married on January 22, 1938 at Lichtenvoorde, he was 33 years old.

Event shared with Johannes Theodorus Reinders (witness), Johannes Hendrikus Pothof (witness)

Child(ren):

  6. Minny Pothof  1941-
  7. Thomas Pothof  1948-2016
  8. Marijke Pothof  1950-2011

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Birthday October 17, 1904

  • The temperature on October 17, 1904 was between 5.4 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
    • February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
    • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
    • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
    • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Day of marriage January 22, 1938

  • The temperature on January 22, 1938 was between -1.3 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
    • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
    • June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
    • July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
    • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
    • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

Day of death November 10, 1970

  • The temperature on November 10, 1970 was between 3.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
    • April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
    • April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
    • July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
    • September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
    • November 17 » Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.


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