Family tree Van Knippenberg » Willem Bruins (1868-1955)

Personal data Willem Bruins 


Household of Willem Bruins

He is married to Johanna Hendrika Knippenberg.

They got married on May 23, 1901 at Zwollerkerspel, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands, he was 33 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Johannes Bruins  1903-1968

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Bruins

Willem Bruins
1868-1955

1901

Johanna Hendrika Knippenberg
1865-1950

Johannes Bruins
1903-1968
Ida Johanna Bruins
1905-????

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Historical events

Birthday February 22, 1868

  • The temperature on February 22, 1868 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
    • March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
    • July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
    • September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
    • October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
    • December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

Day of marriage May 23, 1901

  • The temperature on May 23, 1901 was between 5.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (69%). 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 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
    • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
    • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
    • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
    • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
    • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.

Day of death January 21, 1955

  • The temperature on January 21, 1955 was between -4.1 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
    • July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
    • August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
    • October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
    • October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
    • December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.


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