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Personal data Willey van Ligten 


Household of Willey van Ligten

(1) He is married to Maria Elisabeth Staargaard.

They got married on January 7, 1908 at Soerabaja, he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  2. Richard van Ligten  1920-1942


(2) He is married to Mathilde Ornek.

They got married after 1942.

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    Sources

    1. https://cbgverzamelingen.nl/zoeken?search=+van+Ligten&collection=Oost-Indische+bronnen
    2. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/99104052
    3. RA1909/16

    Historical events

    Birthday December 29, 1883

    • The temperature on December 29, 1883 was about 1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 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.
    • 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
      • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
      • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
      • September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
      • November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].
      • December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

    Day of marriage January 7, 1908

    • The temperature on January 7, 1908 was between 5.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
      • January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
      • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
      • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
      • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
      • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

    Day of death March 27, 1960

    • The temperature on March 27, 1960 was between 4.8 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
      • January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
      • February 29 » The 5.7Mw  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
      • March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
      • May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
      • July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
      • September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

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