Rutten Vlaanderen Meems Huizing » Jan Knigge (1871-1928)

Personal data Jan Knigge 

  • He was born on July 29, 1871 in Drouwenermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland.
  • Occupations:
    • Vervener.
    • Arbeider.
    • Vervener (Peatdigger).
  • He died on January 9, 1928 in Nieuw-Weerdinge Emmen Drenthe Nederland, he was 56 years old.
  • He is buried in Nieuw-Weerdinge Emmen Drenthe Nederland.
  • A child of Hendrik Knigge and Jantje van der Vinne

Household of Jan Knigge

He is married to Feinje Roffel.

They got married on March 2, 1894 at Odoorn Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland, he was 22 years old.

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Birthday July 29, 1871

  • The temperature on July 29, 1871 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
    • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

Day of marriage March 2, 1894

  • The temperature on March 2, 1894 was about 5.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
    • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
    • June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
    • September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
    • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

Day of death January 9, 1928

  • The temperature on January 9, 1928 was between 2.7 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
    • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
    • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
    • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
    • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
    • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.


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