Family tree Van Dijk » Willemina Roskam (1870-1917)
Personal data Willemina Roskam
- She was born on October 1, 1870 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
- She died on August 20, 1917 in Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland, she was 46 years old.
- A child of Jan Willem Roskam and Aafje Drok
- This information was last updated on June 22, 2013.
Household of Willemina Roskam
She is married to Louis Severijn.
They got married on August 2, 1894 at Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland, she was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Louis Severijn 1894-1895
- Aafje Severijn 1895-1984
- Louis Severijn 1897-1983
- Neeltje Severijn 1900-1940
- Albert Severijn 1901-1923
- Johan Severijn 1904-1959
- Frederikus Ludovicus Severijn 1906-1945
- Wilhelmina Severijn 1909-1996
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Historical events
Birthday October 1, 1870
- The temperature on October 1, 1870 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
- February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
- June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
- July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
- September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
- October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
Day of marriage August 2, 1894
- The temperature on August 2, 1894 was about 18.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
- January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
- July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
- August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
- November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of death August 20, 1917
- The temperature on August 20, 1917 was between 8.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
- June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
- November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
- December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
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- 1885 » Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, critic († 1977)
- 1887 » Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland († 1952)
- 1887 » Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general († 1945)
- 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
- 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
- 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
- 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
- 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
- 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
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