Family tree Van Willigen » Maartje van Willigen (1867-1957)
Personal data Maartje van Willigen
- She was born on January 13, 1867 in den Helder.
- She died on September 1, 1957 in Amsterdam, she was 90 years old.
- A child of Jan van Willigen and Aaltje Mens
- This information was last updated on January 16, 2014.
Household of Maartje van Willigen
She is married to Dirk Hendrik Spil.
They got married on September 25, 1884 at den Helder, she was 17 years old.
Child(ren):
- Trijntje Spil 1885-1978
- Aaltje Spil 1888-1953
- Dirk Hendrik Spil 1890-1927
- Wouter Spil 1894-????
- Maartje Spil 1895-1958
- Louisa Catharina Spil 1898-1978
- Gerardus Lourens Karel Spil 1900-1936
- Jantje Spil 1905-1906
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Historical events
Birthday January 13, 1867
- The temperature on January 13, 1867 was about -5.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
- March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
- March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
- April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
- May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
Day of marriage September 25, 1884
- The temperature on September 25, 1884 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
- February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
- August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
- December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
- December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of death September 1, 1957
- The temperature on September 1, 1957 was between 11.6 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
- January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- January 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
- May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
- June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
- July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
- November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
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