Family tree Van Koert » Jan van Diggelen (1896-1955)

Personal data Jan van Diggelen 

  • He was born on May 14, 1896 in Spijk.
  • Occupations:
    • postbode.
    • schoenmaker.
  • He died on December 11, 1955 in Herwen en Aerdt, he was 59 years old.
  • This information was last updated on September 27, 2022.

Household of Jan van Diggelen

He is married to Theodora Gerarda Bangert.

They got married on September 8, 1926 at Herwen en Aerdt, he was 30 years old.

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  • The temperature on May 14, 1896 was about 13.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
    • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
    • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
    • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
    • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
  • The temperature on December 11, 1955 was between -1.2 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
    • April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
    • May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
    • May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
    • June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
    • September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
    • December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.


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About the surname Van Diggelen


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