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Personal data Hendrik (Henk) Severijn 


Household of Hendrik (Henk) Severijn

He is married to Hillegonda Christina Maria (Gom) van Willigenburg.

They got married on September 20, 1917 at Utrecht, he was 29 years old.


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Notes about Hendrik (Henk) Severijn

Hij was in zijn vrije tijd genealoog en stamboomonderzoeker van vele families. Hij publiceerde in de Wapenheraut van 1914 over het GESLACHT SEVERIJN (meerdere takken ), later uitgegeven door het Centraa

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Historical events

  • The temperature on January 1, 1888 was about -10.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
    • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
    • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
    • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
  • The temperature on September 20, 1917 was between 13.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
    • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
    • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
    • November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
    • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
    • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
  • The average temperature on April 6, 1970 was 2.4 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain during 19.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
    • April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
    • May 9 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
    • May 31 » The 7.9 Mw  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
    • August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
    • October 16 » Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.


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