Family tree Van Willigen » Jacobus van Wilgen (1891-1954)
Personal data Jacobus van Wilgen
- He was born on April 11, 1891 in Anna Paulowna.
- He died on July 29, 1954, he was 63 years old.
- A child of Teunis van Wilgen and Cornelia Lanser
- This information was last updated on May 20, 2012.
Household of Jacobus van Wilgen
He is married to Wilhelmina Lauwina van Ingen.
They got married on May 24, 1917 at Den Helder, he was 26 years old.Source 1
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Historical events
Birthday April 11, 1891
- The temperature on April 11, 1891 was about 4.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
- March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
- May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
- May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
- August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
Day of marriage May 24, 1917
- The temperature on May 24, 1917 was between 10.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
- March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
- April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
- December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
Day of death July 29, 1954
- The temperature on July 29, 1954 was between 12.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
- March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
- March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
- June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
- August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
- October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
- November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
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