Family tree Polman » Cornelis-Antonie de Bruijn (1891-1909)
Personal data Cornelis-Antonie de Bruijn
- He was born on July 17, 1891 in Utrecht.
- He died on February 23, 1909 in Arnhem, he was 17 years old.
- A child of Lammert de Bruijn and Theodora-Dirkje Polman
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Birthday July 17, 1891
- The temperature on July 17, 1891 was about 20.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- 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 1891: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
- March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
- May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
- July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
- October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
Day of death February 23, 1909
- The temperature on February 23, 1909 was between -2.3 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
- February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
- April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
- September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
- September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
- October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
- December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
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G. Polman, "Family tree Polman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-polman/I86.php : accessed February 3, 2026), "Cornelis-Antonie de Bruijn (1891-1909)".