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Personal data Dirk Pronk 


Household of Dirk Pronk

He is married to Jitske van der Meer.

They got married on August 19, 1898 at Landsmeer (NH).Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Jansje Pronk  1899-1987

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Pronk

Dirk Pronk
± 1873-1940

1898

Jitske van der Meer
1875-1959

Jansje Pronk
1899-1987

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Historical events

Day of marriage August 19, 1898

  • The temperature on August 19, 1898 was about 27.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
    • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
    • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
    • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
    • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
    • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

Day of death November 8, 1940

  • The temperature on November 8, 1940 was between 0.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (31%). 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 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.
    • January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
    • May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
    • May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
    • June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
    • August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
    • September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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