Family tree Prenger 1469-2015 » Jan Jansen (1872-1940)

Personal data Jan Jansen 


Household of Jan Jansen

He is married to Grietje Prenger.

They got married on March 10, 1894 at Bellingwolde, he was 22 years old.

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Day of death July 17, 1940

  • The temperature on July 17, 1940 was between 11.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • May 15 » Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
    • August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
    • September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
    • October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
    • November 10 » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
    • November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.


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