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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit van Willigen

Huibert van Willigen
1802-1873
Metje van der Wal
1807-1890
Jan (2) van Willigen (van Wilgen)
1796-1875
Maria van der Wal
1805-1866

Gerrit van Willigen
1883-1885


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    Historical events

    Birthday August 16, 1883

    • The temperature on August 16, 1883 was about 16.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
      • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
      • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
      • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
      • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
      • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

    Day of death September 26, 1885

    • The temperature on September 26, 1885 was about 7.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
      • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
      • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
      • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
      • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
      • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
    

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    • 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
    • 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
    • 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
    • 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
    • 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)

    Source: Wikipedia


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