Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Willem Vreke (1865-1946)
Personal data Willem Vreke
- He was born on October 17, 1865 in Domburg, Walcheren, NL.
- Birth registration on October 18, 1865.Source 1
- Profession: Landbouwersknecht.
- He died on February 28, 1946 in Domburg, Walcheren, NL, he was 80 years old.Source 1
- A child of Pieter Vreke and Elizabeth Looise
- This information was last updated on March 18, 2023.
Household of Willem Vreke
He is married to Katharina de Bree.
They got married on June 14, 1889 at Domburg, Walcheren, NL, he was 23 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Vreke 1889-????
- Christina Vreke 1891-????
- Pieternella Vreke 1893-????
- Jan Vreke 1894-1895
- Pieter Vreke 1896-1896
- Jan Vreke 1898-1973
- Pieter Vreke 1899-????
- Willem Vreke 1906-1917
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Historical events
Birthday October 17, 1865
- The temperature on October 17, 1865 was about 11.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
- May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
- May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
- July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
- August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
- December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Day of marriage June 14, 1889
- The temperature on June 14, 1889 was about 24.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
- January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
- February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
- April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
- November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
- November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of death February 28, 1946
- The temperature on February 28, 1946 was between -6.9 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
- February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
- April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
- June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
- October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
- December 11 » The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
- December 21 » An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.
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- 1864 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer († 1943)
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- 1867 » Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí († 1956)
- 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
- 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
- 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
- 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
- 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
- 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)
- 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
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