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Household of Eduard Gerard van Ligten

He is married to Catharina Bruin.

They got married on March 29, 1919 at Soerabaja, he was 26 years old.Source 4


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    1. https://cbgverzamelingen.nl/zoeken?search=Ligten&collection=Oost-Indische%20bronnen&sort=order_s_per_geboorte%20desc
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    3. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/70922833
    4. RA1920/37

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    Historical events

    Birthday August 16, 1892

    • The temperature on August 16, 1892 was about 19.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
      • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
      • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
      • November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
      • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
      • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

    Day of marriage March 29, 1919

    • The temperature on March 29, 1919 was between -1.3 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
      • January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
      • February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
      • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
      • May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
      • June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
      • July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

    Day of death May 4, 1958

    • The temperature on May 4, 1958 was between 0.8 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
      • February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
      • March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
      • March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
      • March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
      • August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
      • October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

    • 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
    • 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
    • 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
    • 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
    • 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)
    • 1895 » Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer († 2000)

    Source: Wikipedia


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