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Willem Leegwater
1811-1880
Grietje Kansen
1812-1891
Jan Leegwater
1862-1938

Willem Leegwater
1892-1916


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    Historical events

    Birthday March 11, 1892

    • The temperature on March 11, 1892 was about -2.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
      • March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
      • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
      • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
      • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
      • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

    Day of death October 6, 1916

    • The temperature on October 6, 1916 was between 13.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
      • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
      • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
      • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
      • November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
      • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
      • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
    

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    • 1887 » Raoul Walsh, American actor and director († 1980)
    • 1890 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic († 1974)
    • 1893 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator († 1946)
    • 1895 » Shemp Howard, American actor († 1955)
    • 1896 » Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician († 1981)

    Source: Wikipedia


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