Onze voorouders » Willem Johannes Wouter van der Vet (1871-1918)

Personal data Willem Johannes Wouter van der Vet 

  • He was born on March 24, 1871 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
  • He died on October 24, 1918 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 47 years old.
  • This information was last updated on October 26, 2022.

Household of Willem Johannes Wouter van der Vet

He is married to Wilhelmina Agatha van Oijen.

They got married on July 7, 1897 at Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.

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Birthday March 24, 1871

  • The temperature on March 24, 1871 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 23%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
    • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
    • March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
    • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.

Day of death October 24, 1918

  • The temperature on October 24, 1918 was between 3.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
    • April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
    • August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
    • October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
    • November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
    • November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.


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