Family tree Severijn » Otto Ponssen (1840-1901)
Personal data Otto Ponssen
- He was born in the year 1840 in Amsterdam.
- He died on February 3, 1901 in Utrecht, he was 61 years old.
- A child of Jan Ponssen and Johanna Baum
Household of Otto Ponssen
(1) He is married to Gerdina Martens.
They got married on August 11, 1865 at De Bilt, he was 25 years old.
Child(ren):
- Dina Ponssen 1868-????
- Johanna Ponssen 1868-1868
- Johanna Ponssen 1874-????
(2) He is married to Maria Overdam.
They got married on February 6, 1884 at Utrecht, he was 44 years old.
Child(ren):
- Otto Ponssen 1885-????
- Huibertje Maria Ponssen 1888-????
Timeline Otto Ponssen
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Historical events
Day of marriage February 6, 1884
- The temperature on February 6, 1884 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
- May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
- July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
- December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of death February 3, 1901
- The temperature on February 3, 1901 was between -5.6 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
- June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
- August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
- September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
- November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
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- 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
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