Family tree Van Willigen » Johan Jacob Bennewitz (1890-> 1940)
Personal data Johan Jacob Bennewitz
- He was born on April 14, 1890 in Utrecht.
- Profession: Winkelchef, winkelhouder..
- He died after 1940.
- A child of Willem Frederik Bennewitz and Hendrika Gerdina Cornelia Rijke
- This information was last updated on May 20, 2012.
Household of Johan Jacob Bennewitz
He is married to Maria Clazina Johanna van Willigen.
They got married on May 16, 1917 at 's Gravenhage, he was 27 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday April 14, 1890
- The temperature on April 14, 1890 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 34%. 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.
- January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
- April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
- July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
- September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
- September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
Day of marriage May 16, 1917
- The temperature on May 16, 1917 was between 9.3 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
- July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
- August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
- December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
Same birth/death day
- 1889 » Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic († 1975)
- 1891 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice († 1956)
- 1891 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler († 1958)
- 1892 » Claire Windsor, American actress († 1972)
- 1892 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter († 1962)
- 1892 » V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist and philologist († 1957)
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