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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Brans

Dirk Brans
1809-1840
Margrieta Postma
1813-1895
Albert Vries
1804-1880
Auwkje Middendorp
1813-1872
Dirk Brans
1840-1909

Jan Brans
1885-1960


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Birthday August 10, 1885

  • The temperature on August 10, 1885 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
    • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
    • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
    • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Day of death December 15, 1960

  • The temperature on December 15, 1960 was between -1.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
    • February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
    • February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
    • July 4 » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
    • July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
    • December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.


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