Geboorte op 11 mei 1879 te Maastricht = Vader Antonius van Eijk Moeder Maria Elisabeth Hubertina Widdershoven = Kind (mannelijk) Anthonius Johannes van Eijk, geboren op 11 mei 1879 te Maastricht = Bronvermelding Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg, BS Geboorte; Burgerlijke Stand in Limburg, Maastricht, archief 12.059, inventarisnummer 54, 12 mei 1879, aktenummer 398
He died on March 15, 1944 in Bonn, Stadtkreis Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, he was 64 years old.Source 2
Informatie Oorlogsgravenstichting = Anthonius Johannes van Eijk 1879-1944 = Slachtoffer van de oorlog Is 64 jaar geworden = Geboren op 11 mei 1879 te Maastricht Overleden op 15 maart 1944 te Bonn, Stadtkreis Bonn
Nordfriedhof te Bonn Vak/rij/nummer XIV A 42 A 156 A
Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg, BS Geboorte; Burgerlijke Stand in Limburg, Maastricht, archief 12.059, inventarisnummer 54, 12 mei 1879, aktenummer 398
The temperature on May 11, 1879 was about 10.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
Day of death March 15, 1944
The temperature on March 15, 1944 was between -0.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
February 23 » The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
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