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Personal data Jan Christiaan Frans Bletz 


Household of Jan Christiaan Frans Bletz

He is married to Wilhelmina van Riel.

They got married on August 16, 1897 at Zaandam, he was 29 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday April 10, 1868

  • The temperature on April 10, 1868 was about 2.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
    • May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
    • May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
    • May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
    • November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
    • December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.
    • December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

Day of death February 18, 1956

  • The temperature on February 18, 1956 was between -14.6 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -8.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
    • October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
    • November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
    • November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
    • December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
    • December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.


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