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Personal data Willem van Diest 


Household of Willem van Diest

He is married to Wilhelmina de Pleijt.

They got married on July 19, 1916 at Schoonhoven, he was 31 years old.


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    Historical events

    Birthday March 11, 1885

    • The temperature on March 11, 1885 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
      • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
      • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
      • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
      • September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
      • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

    Day of marriage July 19, 1916

    • The temperature on July 19, 1916 was between 7.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
      • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
      • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
      • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
      • April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
      • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
      • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

    Day of death January 10, 1960

    • The temperature on January 10, 1960 was between -7.4 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
      • March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
      • May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
      • August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
      • September 22 » The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
      • October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
      • December 15 » King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
    

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    About the surname Van Diest


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