Geboorte op 7 november 1878 te Maastricht = Moeder Maria Elisabeth Arnold = Kind (vrouwelijk) Maria Elisabeth Arnold, geboren op 7 november 1878 te Maastricht = Opmerking Erkend bij huwelijk door Arnold Courtens op 18-06-1879 te Maastricht = Bronvermelding Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg, BS Geboorte; Burgerlijke Stand in Limburg, Maastricht, archief 12.059, inventarisnummer 53, 8 november 1878, aktenummer 870
Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg, BS Geboorte; Burgerlijke Stand in Limburg, Maastricht, archief 12.059, inventarisnummer 53, 8 november 1878, aktenummer 870
The temperature on November 7, 1878 was about 7.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
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