Family tree Van Willigen » Cornelia Antonia van Dartel (1869-1961)

Day of marriage January 7, 1914

• The temperature on January 7, 1914 was between 0.3 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
  • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  • August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
  • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.

Day of death March 20, 1961

• The temperature on March 20, 1961 was between -0.9 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
  • March 9 » Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
  • May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
  • October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
  • November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.
  • December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)