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Personal data Klaas Barteles Swierstra 


Household of Klaas Barteles Swierstra

He is married to Anna Klazes Bijlsma.

They got married on May 19, 1915 at Franeker, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.

MARR: RFN 242669

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Notes about Klaas Barteles Swierstra

BIRT: RFN 242616
ADDR: RFN 242617
ADDR: RFN 242677
DEAT: RFN 242701

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Historical events

Birthday January 26, 1889

  • The temperature on January 26, 1889 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
    • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
    • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
    • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Day of marriage May 19, 1915

  • The temperature on May 19, 1915 was between 9.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
    • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
    • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
    • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
    • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
    • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

Day of death October 24, 1975

  • The temperature on October 24, 1975 was between 2.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York.
    • April 17 » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
    • April 25 » As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
    • July 27 » Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
    • August 14 » The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London.
    • November 27 » The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.


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About the surname Swierstra


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