Family tree van Leeuwen » Bastiaan van Leeuwen (1917-1946)
Personal data Bastiaan van Leeuwen
- He was born on August 3, 1917 in Kerkwijk (Gl).
- He died on June 25, 1946 in 's-Hertogenbosch (Nb), he was 28 years old.
- The birth parents are Hendrik van Leeuwen and Maaike de Weert
- This information was last updated on December 29, 2019.
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Birthday August 3, 1917
- The temperature on August 3, 1917 was between 13.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
- February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
- October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
- October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
Day of death June 25, 1946
- The temperature on June 25, 1946 was between 11.4 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
- January 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
- February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
- February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
- May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
- July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
- September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
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