Kramer Family Tree » John Michael Olsen Fagerthun (1876-1940)
Personal data John Michael Olsen Fagerthun
- He was born on October 14, 1876 in Tromsø, Troms, Norge.
- Profession: starting 1900 Arbeidsom bonde på Fagertun i Målselv in Fagerlidal, 9325 Bardufoss.
- He died on December 21, 1940 in Fagerli, Målselv, Troms, Norge, he was 64 years old.
- He is buried in Målselv gravplass, Målselv, Troms, Norway.
- A child of and Anne Birgitte Johannesdatter
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Birthday October 14, 1876
- The temperature on October 14, 1876 was about 16.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
- May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
- June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
- August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
- September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
Day of death December 21, 1940
- The temperature on December 21, 1940 was between -7.3 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -5.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
- May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
- August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
- September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
- November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
- November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
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Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I591734.php : accessed February 14, 2026), "John Michael Olsen Fagerthun (1876-1940)".