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Personal data Petrus Henricus Spaan 


Household of Petrus Henricus Spaan

He is married to Maria Catherina Houtappels.

They got married on April 24, 1908 at Meijel, Li, NL, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Dorothea Maria Spaan  1909-2005 
  2. Maria Johanna Spaan  1912-1983
  4. Pieter Jan Spaan  1915-1942
  6. Leonard Johan Spaan  1918-1995

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Birthday April 29, 1879

  • The temperature on April 29, 1879 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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 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.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
    • March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
    • 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 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
    • December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

Day of marriage April 24, 1908

  • The temperature on April 24, 1908 was between -0.4 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). 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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
    • 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.
    • July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
    • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
    • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

Day of death March 21, 1958

  • The temperature on March 21, 1958 was between -4.5 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded 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 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 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
    • March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
    • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
    • July 9 » A 7.8 Mw  strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
    • August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
    • December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.


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