Family tree Van Willigen » Obe Douwes Spil (1888-1968)

Personal data Obe Douwes Spil 


Household of Obe Douwes Spil

He is married to Hendrika Bosch.

They got married on January 26, 1916 at Nijkerk, he was 27 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Dirk Spil  1916-2004 
  2. Klaas Spil  1919-1992 
  3. Henk Spil  1921-2002 


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Obe Douwes Spil

Dirk Hendrik Spil
1833-1869
Trijntje Prins
1836-????
Jan van Willigen
1836-????
Aaltje Mens
1839-????

Obe Douwes Spil
1888-1968

1916

Hendrika Bosch
1890-1976

Dirk Spil
1916-2004
Klaas Spil
1919-1992
Henk Spil
1921-2002

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    Historical events

    Birthday February 27, 1888

    • The temperature on February 27, 1888 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
      • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
      • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
      • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
      • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
      • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

    Day of marriage January 26, 1916

    • The temperature on January 26, 1916 was between 4.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
      • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
      • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
      • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
      • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
      • December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

    Day of death August 20, 1968

    • The temperature on August 20, 1968 was between 11.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
      • April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
      • April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
      • May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
      • August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
      • December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
      • December 25 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
    

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