Family tree Westerman » Jacoba van Essen (1896-1978)
Personal data Jacoba van Essen
- She was born on March 5, 1896.
- She died in the year 1978 in Delft, she was 81 years old.
- A child of Pieter Gerrit van Essen and Maria Catharina Westerman
- This information was last updated on June 25, 2022.
Household of Jacoba van Essen
She is married to Leendert de Knecht.
They got married on December 4, 1914 at Delft, she was 18 years old.
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Relationship Jacoba van Essen
- Jacoba van Essen is the 5th great granddaughter of Ewert Westerman:
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Historical events
Birthday March 5, 1896
- The temperature on March 5, 1896 was about 2.6 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
- August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of marriage December 4, 1914
- The temperature on December 4, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
- February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
- August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
- September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
- September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
- October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
- November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
Same birth/death day
- 1894 » Henry Daniell, English-American actor († 1963)
- 1898 » Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian († 2015)
- 1898 » Zhou Enlai, Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1976)
- 1900 » Johanna Langefeld, German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps († 1974)
- 1900 » Lilli Jahn, Jewish German doctor († 1944)
- 1901 » Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg († 1971)
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Harry Westerman, "Family tree Westerman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-westerman/I3370.php : accessed March 13, 2026), "Jacoba van Essen (1896-1978)".
Harry Westerman, "Family tree Westerman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-westerman/I3370.php : accessed March 13, 2026), "Jacoba van Essen (1896-1978)".