He was born on January 13, 1885 in Niezijl (De Waarden, Gem Grijpskerk).
De Waarden is een buurtschap tussen het Friese Burum (Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland) en Niezijl in het Gronings Westerkwartier.
Alternative: He was born.
Title: Ds.
Profession: N.H. predikant in Oosterwierum (Frl.) en Schildwolde (Gn). Vanaf 1930 zendeling op Borneo en Java (2 gemeentes)..
(Illness) : Oom Anton leed aan eplilepsie (vallende ziekte). Waarschijnlijk als gevolg van een genetische aanleg door het inademen van veel ammoniakdampen door zijn vader tijdens het afmesten. Deze ziekte heeft ooit geleid tot een ongeval op Java, waarbij hij een inlander doodreed..
(Alternate Death) .
(Church) : Nederlands Hervormd..
(Church) : Nederlands Hervormd..
(Illness) : Oom Anton leed aan eplilepsie (vallende ziekte). Waarschijnlijk als gevolg van een genetische aanleg door het inademen van veel ammoniakdampen door zijn vader tijdens het afmesten. ||Deze ziekte heeft ooit geleid tot een ongeval op Java, waarbij hij een inlander doodreed..
He died on March 9, 1945 in Kamp 5-Si Rengorengo, Rantau Prapat, Sumatra, Indonesia, he was 60 years old.
He is buried in Aanvankelijk was Oom Antoon (Anton) begraven op een ereveld op Sumatra, maar midden jaren '60 werden alle graven verplaatst naar Miden-Java op verzoek van de Indonesische regering., Nederlands Ereveld Leuwigajah te Cimahi (Indonesië).
The temperature on January 13, 1885 was about -2.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
Day of death March 9, 1945
The temperature on March 9, 1945 was between 3.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 20 » World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
January 30 » World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
April 20 » World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
June 7 » King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
August 14 » Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
September 15 » A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.
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