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Personal data Maurice François Defourny 


Household of Maurice François Defourny

He is married to Marie Pauline Françoise Ghislaine Gérard.

They got married on July 20, 1909 at Gembloux (B), he was 30 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Maurice Defourny  1910-1993
  2. Pierre Defourny  1911-1991
  3. Marie Defourny  1912-1989
  4. Josephine Defourny  1913-1915
  5. Marguerite Defourny  1914-1992
  6. Jacques Defourny  1915-1992
  7. Jean Defourny  1917-1931
  8. Annette Defourny  1918-1999
  9. Louise Defourny  1919-1975
  10. André Defourny  1921-1921
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    1. André Defourny (Vielsalm)

    Historical events

    Birthday November 16, 1878

    • The temperature on November 16, 1878 was about 4.6 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
      • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
      • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
      • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
      • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
      • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

    Day of marriage July 20, 1909

    • The temperature on July 20, 1909 was between 10.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
      • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
      • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
      • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
      • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
      • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
      • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

    Day of death March 28, 1953

    • The temperature on March 28, 1953 was between -0.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1953: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
      • January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
      • April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
      • April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
      • June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
      • July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
      • September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
    

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    • 1953 » Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)
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