Family tree Brons » Jan Vrugt (1833-1917)
Personal data Jan Vrugt
- He was born estimated around 1833 in Siddeburen.
- Alternative: He was born (declaration of birth) in Slochteren.
- Profession: dagloner.
- He died on January 4, 1917 in Siddeburen.
- Alternative: He died (registration) on January 5, 1917 in Slochteren.
- A child of Harm Derks Vrugt and Aaltje (Chri)stoffers van der Veen
Household of Jan Vrugt
He is married to Aafke Ubbens.
They got married on June 16, 1866 at Slochteren.
Child(ren):
- Harm Vrugt 1868-1945
Timeline Jan Vrugt
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Historical events
Day of marriage June 16, 1866
- The temperature on June 16, 1866 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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).
- In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
- May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
- May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
- June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
- July 20 » Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
- July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
Day of death January 5, 1917
- The temperature on January 5, 1917 was between -1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
- September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
- November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Same birth/death day
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- 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
- 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
- 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
- 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
- 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
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