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She is married to Lieuwe Watzes Schaafsma.

They got married on May 31, 1896 at Dokkum, she was 27 years old.

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Birthday June 23, 1868

  • The temperature on June 23, 1868 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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)
  • 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.
    • March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
    • April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
    • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
    • May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
    • 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.

Day of marriage May 31, 1896

  • The temperature on May 31, 1896 was about 13.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
    • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
    • June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
    • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
    • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
    • December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

Day of death January 24, 1947

  • The temperature on January 24, 1947 was between -8.2 °C and -2 °C and averaged -5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
    • July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
    • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
    • November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
    • December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
    • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

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