Family tree Saenen en verwanten » Dr. Léon Joseph Devaux (1864-1918)

Personal data Dr. Léon Joseph Devaux 


Household of Dr. Léon Joseph Devaux

He is married to Félicie Marie Josephe Piret.

They got married on August 5, 1891 at Senzeille, 5630, Namen, he was 26 years old.

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MARR: RIN MH:FF286

Child(ren):

  4. Hortense Devaux  1901-1982 


Notes about Dr. Léon Joseph Devaux

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BIRT: RIN MH:IF2276
DEAT: RIN MH:IF2277

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Birthday October 16, 1864

  • The temperature on October 16, 1864 was about 7.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
    • May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
    • June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
    • August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
    • September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
    • November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

Day of marriage August 5, 1891

  • The temperature on August 5, 1891 was about 18.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

Day of death January 4, 1918

  • The temperature on January 4, 1918 was between -2.2 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
    • January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
    • July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
    • July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
    • September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
    • November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.


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