Rutten Vlaanderen Meems Huizing » Andries Meems (1891-1977)

Personal data Andries Meems 

  • He was born on April 18, 1891 in Jipsinghuizen Sellingen Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland.
  • Profession: in the year 1917 Landbouwer (Farmer).
  • Resident in the year 1891: Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • He died on December 27, 1977 in Vlagtwedde, he was 86 years old.
  • He is buried in Veele Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland.
  • A child of Geert Geerts Meems and Hanna ter Horst

Household of Andries Meems

He is married to Kundina Lenting.

They got married on January 27, 1917 at Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland Westerwolde Groningen Nederland, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. N N levenoos Meems  1917-1917
  2. Bina Meems  1918-1996
  4. (Not public)
  6. Geertje Meems  1925-2019 
  7. Andrea Meems  1929-2005

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Birthday April 18, 1891

  • The temperature on April 18, 1891 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
    • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of marriage January 27, 1917

  • The temperature on January 27, 1917 was between -8.1 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
    • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
    • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
    • November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
    • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
    • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

Day of death December 27, 1977

  • The temperature on December 27, 1977 was between 2.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
    • March 27 » Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
    • June 7 » Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
    • September 10 » Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
    • October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.
    • October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
    • November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.


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  • 1893 » Violette Morris, French shot putter and discus thrower († 1944)
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