Family tree Ro(o)vers » Johannes Cornelis Roovers (1876-1943)
Personal data Johannes Cornelis Roovers
- He was born on December 3, 1876 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland.Source 1
- Birth registration on December 5, 1876.Source 1
- Profession: Kantoorbediende.
- He died on December 26, 1943 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland, he was 67 years old.Source 2
- A child of Peter Roovers and Theodora Alberta Schoordijke
- This information was last updated on May 5, 2011.
Household of Johannes Cornelis Roovers
(1) He is married to Elisabeth Theodora van der Mee.
They got married on April 7, 1920 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 43 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Wilhelmina van den Bergh.
They got married on September 23, 1931 at Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland, he was 54 years old.Source 4
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Birthday December 3, 1876
- The temperature on December 3, 1876 was about 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
- May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
- June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
- August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
- October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
Day of marriage September 23, 1931
- The temperature on September 23, 1931 was between 3.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
- January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
- January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
- February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
- March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
- March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
- July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
Day of death December 26, 1943
- The temperature on December 26, 1943 was between 3.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- January 15 » World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
- February 16 » World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
- February 27 » In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
- March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
- October 17 » Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
- November 22 » Lebanon gains independence from France.
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