Family tree Van Willigen » Jan de Leeuw (1864-1924)
Personal data Jan de Leeuw
- He was born on June 8, 1864 in Vuren.
- He died on June 6, 1924 in Vuren, he was 59 years old.
- A child of Arie de Leeuw and Maria van Pelt
- This information was last updated on May 20, 2012.
Household of Jan de Leeuw
He is married to Hermina Vroege.
Hebben samen 9 kinderen.
They got married on October 3, 1889 at Vuren, he was 25 years old.
Child(ren):
- Arie de Leeuw 1891-1892
- Arie de Leeuw 1893-1894
- Marigje de Leeuw 1895-1969
- Anna Hermina de Leeuw 1902-1902
- Gerrit de Leeuw 1902-1902
- Peter Herman de Leeuw 1904-1904
Timeline Jan de Leeuw
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Historical events
Birthday June 8, 1864
- The temperature on June 8, 1864 was about 20.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
- May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
- June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
- July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
- September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
- December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
Day of marriage October 3, 1889
- The temperature on October 3, 1889 was about 10.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
- May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
- August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
- September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
- November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
- November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of death June 6, 1924
- The temperature on June 6, 1924 was between 1.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
- March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
- May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
- July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
- September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
- October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
- October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
Same birth/death day
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- 1859 » Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist († 1947)
- 1860 » Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
- 1867 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater († 1959)
- 1868 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect († 1942)
- 1872 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1949)
- 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
- 1922 » Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
- 1924 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
- 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
- 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
- 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
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