Vandenberg Tree » Jan Vandenberg (1863-1956)
Personal data Jan Vandenberg
Sources 1, 2, 3- He was born on April 21, 1863 in Drieschor, Netherland.
- He died on July 17, 1956 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, he was 93 years old.
- He is buried in Cascade Cemetary-Cascade MI.
- A child of Johannes Vandenberg and Janna de Roo
Household of Jan Vandenberg
He is married to Maria (Mary) Jasperse.Source 2
Witnesses:Joahnnes Vanden Berge and Simon Krepel.
They got married on April 17, 1885, he was 21 years old.Sources 1, 3
Child(ren):
- Peter Vandenberg 1887-????
- Daniel Vandenberg 1898-1983
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- GEDCOM File : combined.ged, Jon Edward Vandenberg, January 12, 2003
- (Not public)
Historical events
Birthday April 21, 1863
- The temperature on April 21, 1863 was about 13.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
- August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
- September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
- November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
- November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
Day of marriage April 17, 1885
- The temperature on April 17, 1885 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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.
- January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
- March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
- March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
- March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
- July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
- December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Day of death July 17, 1956
- The temperature on July 17, 1956 was between 12.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- 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 1956: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
- March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
- July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
- October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
- November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
- December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
- December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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