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Personal data Willem Jacobus Kruijs 


Household of Willem Jacobus Kruijs

He is married to Sophia Wilhelmina Boer.

They got married on July 9, 1862 at Rotterdam, he was 24 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death December 18, 1923

  • The temperature on December 18, 1923 was between 4.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
    • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
    • February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
    • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
    • July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
    • November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.


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