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Source 1- He was born on November 29, 1899 in Bornem, Belgia.
- He died on December 6, 1917 in Bornem, Belgia, he was 18 years old.
- A child of Joannes Baptist "Jan" Boeykens and Joanna Leontina van Gucht
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- Van kerckhoven Web Site, Diane Van kerckhoven, Henricus Leopoldus Boeykens, December 6, 2018
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Historical events
Birthday November 29, 1899
- The temperature on November 29, 1899 was about 5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
- March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
- June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
- June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
- September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
Day of death December 6, 1917
- The temperature on December 6, 1917 was between -7.9 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (64%). 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
- March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
- July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
- December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
Same birth/death day
- 1895 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer († 1976)
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- 1899 » Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever, last verified person born in the 1800s († 2017)
- 1900 » Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII († 1988)
- 1901 » Mildred Harris, American actress († 1944)
- 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
- 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
- 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
- 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
- 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
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