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Personal data Nicolaas Albertus ROST van TONNINGEN 


Household of Nicolaas Albertus ROST van TONNINGEN

He is married to Dorothea Cornelia Johanna BACKER.

They got married in the year 1923, he was 33 years old.


Notes about Nicolaas Albertus ROST van TONNINGEN

Nicolaas Albertus (Nico) Rost van Tonningen (Ambarawa, 8 september 1889 – Zeist, 15 januari 1979) was een Nederlands viceadmiraal en opperceremoniemeester.

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Rost was lid van de familie Rost van Tonningen en een zoon van luitenant-generaal Marinus Bernardus Rost van Tonningen (1852-1927) en jonkvrouw Meinarda Sara Johanna van den Bosch (1868-1946). Hij was een broer van NSB'er Meinoud Rost van Tonningen. Hij trouwde in 1923 met Dorethea Cornelia Johanna Backer (1893-1981) met wie hij drie zonen kreeg.

Rost werd in 1912 officier bij de marine en was daar laatstelijk kapitein-ter-zee (1938-1945). In 1948 werd hij benoemd tot vice-admiraal titulair. Vanaf 1930 was hij adjudant van koningin Wilhelmina, tot haar abdicatie. Vervolgens werd hij adjudant-generaal/Chef van het militair huis van koningin Juliana, vanaf 1954 in bijzondere dienst. Van 1955 tot 1962 was hij opperceremoniemeester en na zijn terugtreden werd hij in 1962 benoemd tot grootmeester honorair.

Rost was ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau en sinds 1949 was hij grootkruis in de Huisorde van Oranje.

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Birthday September 8, 1889

  • The temperature on September 8, 1889 was about 11.4 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
    • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
    • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
    • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
    • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
    • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

Day of death January 15, 1979

  • The temperature on January 15, 1979 was between -8.4 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
    • March 28 » A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
    • April 4 » Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
    • June 20 » ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
    • October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
    • November 14 » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.


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