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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerardus Donkers

Johannes Donkers
1794-????
Machtildis van de Wiel
1798-????
Johannes Rovers
1810-1861
Maria van den Bogaard
1813-1886

Gerardus Donkers
1886-1951


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Birthday August 27, 1886

  • The temperature on August 27, 1886 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
    • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
    • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

Day of death September 3, 1951

  • The temperature on September 3, 1951 was between 10.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
    • January 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
    • February 25 » The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
    • March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
    • March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
    • June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
    • October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.


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