Family tree Niezen » Peter Verwoerd (1863-1949)
Personal data Peter Verwoerd
Source 1- He was born on February 22, 1863 in Soest, Achter den Ege, wijk C, Nr. 137, Utrecht, Nederland.
- Profession: Smid, Monteur (1916).
- He died on August 31, 1949 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 86 years old.
- A child of Jacobus Verwoerd and Anna Niessen (Niesen)
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Historical events
Birthday February 22, 1863
- The temperature on February 22, 1863 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
- January 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
- February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
- May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
- May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
- July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
Day of death August 31, 1949
- The temperature on August 31, 1949 was between 14.4 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
- May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
- October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
- October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
- October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
- December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
Same birth/death day
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- 1863 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic († 1943)
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- 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
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- 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
- 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
- 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
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