Family tree Van Gils » Cornelis van Gils (1901-1974)
Personal data Cornelis van Gils
- He was born on July 20, 1901 in Gilze en Rijen.
- He died on August 22, 1974 in Gilze en Rijen, he was 73 years old.
- A child of Johannes van Gils and Francisca Franken
Household of Cornelis van Gils
He is married to Anna Maria Bierens.
They got married in the year 1929 at Alphen en Riel, he was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
- Petrus Johannes van Gils 1932-1997
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Historical events
Birthday July 20, 1901
- The temperature on July 20, 1901 was between 12.9 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (70%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
- August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
- November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
- December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
- December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
Day of death August 22, 1974
- The temperature on August 22, 1974 was between 8.3 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
- February 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
- May 1 » The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
- May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
- September 1 » The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353km/h).
Same birth/death day
- 1897 » Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
- 1900 » Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach († 1967)
- 1901 » Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies († 1975)
- 1901 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
- 1901 » Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding († 1996)
- 1902 » Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist († 1995)
- 1970 » Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
- 1974 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
- 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
- 1976 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
- 1977 » Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
- 1977 » Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
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The Family tree Van Gils publication was prepared by Hennie van Gils.
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Hennie van Gils, "Family tree Van Gils", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-gils/I2575.php : accessed January 27, 2026), "Cornelis van Gils (1901-1974)".