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Personal data Elizabeth Wilhelmina van der Meij 


Household of Elizabeth Wilhelmina van der Meij

She is married to Johannes Gouweleeuw.

They got married on August 7, 1902 at Schiedam, she was 24 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elizabeth Wilhelmina van der Meij

Elizabeth Wilhelmina van der Meij
1878-1960

1902

Johannes Gouweleeuw
1880-1967

Cornelis Petrus Antonius Gouweleeuw
1903-1994
Johannes Paulus Gouweleeuw
1911-1940

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Birthday August 7, 1878

  • The temperature on August 7, 1878 was about 21.9 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
    • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

Day of marriage August 7, 1902

  • The temperature on August 7, 1902 was between 14.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
    • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
    • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.

Day of death February 25, 1960

  • The temperature on February 25, 1960 was between 1.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
    • February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
    • June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
    • June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
    • August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
    • December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.


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