Family tree Van Willigen » Jan van Woerkum (1874-1938)
Personal data Jan van Woerkum
- He was born in the year 1874 in Haaften.
- He died on June 19, 1938 in Haaften, he was 64 years old.
- A child of Sijmen van Woerkum and Anna Catharina van der Wal
- This information was last updated on May 20, 2012.
Household of Jan van Woerkum
He is married to Dirkje Klop.
They got married on December 31, 1896 at Haaften, he was 22 years old.
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Day of marriage December 31, 1896
- The temperature on December 31, 1896 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
- December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
Day of death June 19, 1938
- The temperature on June 19, 1938 was between 9.8 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
- September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
- September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
- October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
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- 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)
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