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Personal data Walter Van Dam 


Household of Walter Van Dam

He is married to Joanna Maria Ceuleers.

They got married on August 27, 1884 at Zemst, he was 35 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Alphonsus Van Dam  1885-1954 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Walter Van Dam

Henricus Van Dam
1788-1849
Petronilla Moortgat
????-1830
Petrus Ceulemans
1796-????
Anna Susanna Lauwers
1794-????

Walter Van Dam
1848-1902

1884

Joanna Maria Ceuleers
1844-????

Alphonsus Van Dam
1885-1954

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Historical events

Birthday October 2, 1848

  • The temperature on October 2, 1848 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: helder. 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 November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
    • February 2 » Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
    • March 13 » The German revolutions of 1848–1849 begin in Vienna.
    • June 25 » A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
    • July 20 » The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.
    • December 5 » California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

Day of marriage August 27, 1884

  • The temperature on August 27, 1884 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

Day of death November 21, 1902

  • The temperature on November 21, 1902 was between -9.8 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (89%). 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 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
    • May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
    • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
    • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
    • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
    • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.


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