Genealogy Jan Abrahams Dijkstra » Jan Dijkstra (1868-1955)
Personal data Jan Dijkstra
- He was born on June 6, 1868 in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland.
- Occupations:
- in the year 1893 spoorbeambte.
- in the year 1921 Adjunct-commies bij de rijksverzekeringsbank.
- in the year 1927 Commies bij de Rijksverzekeringsbank.
- Resident:
- on June 13, 1880: Nieuweschans, Oldambt, Groningen.
Vertrekt op 13 juni 1880 uit de gemeente Bellingwolde naar Nieuwe Schans.
- on March 21, 1885: Bellingwolde, Groningen.
Vertrekt met zijn moeder naar haar broer (Lammert) in Bellingwolde.
- from 1893 till 1927: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland.
- He died in the year 1955, he was 86 years old.
- A child of Klaas Jans Dijkstra and Willemtje Lammerts Slofstra
- This information was last updated on February 8, 2015.
Household of Jan Dijkstra
He is married to Johanna Eggens.
They got married on August 10, 1893 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, he was 25 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Klaas Dijkstra ± 1894-????
- Johanna Maria Dijkstra ± 1903-
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Relationship Jan Dijkstra
- Jan Dijkstra is the grandson of Jan Abrahams Dijkstra:
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Historical events
Birthday June 6, 1868
- The temperature on June 6, 1868 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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).
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
- April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
- May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
- November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
- December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
- December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.
Day of marriage August 10, 1893
- The temperature on August 10, 1893 was about 21.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
- June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
- August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
- August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
- September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
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- 1872 » Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress († 1918)
- 1875 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
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