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Personal data Henry Joseph Mitchell Brettenny 


Household of Henry Joseph Mitchell Brettenny

He is married to Alice May (Daisy) Woodard.

They got married on July 3, 1919 at St. Luke, Richmond, Surrey., he was 29 years old.

Name: Alice May Woodard Gender: Female Marriage Age: 19 Record Type: Marriage Birth Year: abt 1900
Marriage Date: 3 Jul 1919 Marriage Place: Richmond, St Luke, Surrey, England Parish as it Appears: Richmond, St Luke
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Father: William James George Woodard
Spouse: Henry Joseph Mitchell Brettenny

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Historical events

Birthday February 22, 1890

  • The temperature on February 22, 1890 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
    • October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
    • November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
    • November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
    • December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

Day of death December 24, 1953

  • The temperature on December 24, 1953 was between 2.5 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
    • January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
    • February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
    • May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
    • October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
    • December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.


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