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Personal data Wilhelmus Antonius Dirks 

  • He was born on April 14, 1882 in Schiedam (zh).Source 1
    Tijdstip: 15:00
    Zn. van Antonius Dirks en Christina Gruiters.
  • Profession: gasfitter,kachelsmid.
  • He died on April 22, 1949 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 67 years old.Source 2
    Tijdstip: 22:00
  • This information was last updated on March 13, 2025.

Household of Wilhelmus Antonius Dirks

He is married to Wilhelmine Louise (Ludovica) Marie Siepkes.

They got married on February 21, 1906 at Rotterdam (zh), he was 23 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. BS Schiedam, akte 315
  2. BS Den Haag, akte A1067
  3. BS Rotterdam, akte 296

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Historical events

Birthday April 14, 1882

  • The temperature on April 14, 1882 was about 11.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
    • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).

Day of death April 22, 1949

  • The temperature on April 22, 1949 was between 5.8 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
    • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
    • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
    • June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
    • September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
    • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.


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