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Personal data Peter Antonius Cornelissen 


Household of Peter Antonius Cornelissen

He is married to Hermine Francisca Antonia Vermeulen.

They got married

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Historical events

Birthday August 16, 1888

  • The temperature on August 16, 1888 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
    • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
    • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
    • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
    • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
    • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Day of death May 26, 1964

  • The temperature on May 26, 1964 was between 10.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
    • March 14 » Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
    • June 2 » The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
    • July 6 » Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
    • August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
    • August 28 » The Philadelphia race riot begins.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
  • 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
  • 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
  • 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
  • 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)

Source: Wikipedia


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