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Personal data Desiderius Gustavus Cappelle 


Household of Desiderius Gustavus Cappelle

He is married to Idonia Dewitte.

They got married on May 26, 1897 at Staden West-Vlaanderen België, he was 26 years old.

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Child(ren):

  1. Maria Emma Cappelle  1898-1972 
  2. Maurits Cappelle  1899-1986
  3. Leo Cappelle  1901-
  4. Julia Cappelle  1906-1991
  6. Martha Cappelle  1912-1967
  7. Laura Cappelle  1915-2004
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Historical events

Birthday April 5, 1871

  • The temperature on April 5, 1871 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
    • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

Day of marriage May 26, 1897

  • The temperature on May 26, 1897 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
    • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
    • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

Day of death October 4, 1940

  • The temperature on October 4, 1940 was between 5.4 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
    • May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
    • June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
    • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
    • August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
    • November 11 » World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.


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