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Personal data Wilhelmus Arnoldus van der Ham 

  • He was born on May 26, 1880 in Loosduinen (zh).Source 1
    Tijdstip: 15:00
    Zn. van Leonardus van der Ham en Maria Adriana Kortekaas.
  • Profession: tuinder.
  • He died on May 3, 1938 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 57 years old.Source 2
    Tijdstip: 15:15
  • This information was last updated on July 18, 2025.

Household of Wilhelmus Arnoldus van der Ham

He is married to Anna Cornelia Wolff.

They got married on August 30, 1916 at Voorschoten (zh), he was 36 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. BS Loosduinen, akte 59
  2. BS Den Haag, akte 898
  3. BS Voorschoten, akte 19

Historical events

Birthday May 26, 1880

  • The temperature on May 26, 1880 was about 21.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 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 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
    • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
    • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
    • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Day of death May 3, 1938

  • The temperature on May 3, 1938 was between 4.9 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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".
    • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
    • June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
    • July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
    • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
    • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.


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