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Personal data Sipke Douwes Woudstra 


Household of Sipke Douwes Woudstra

He is married to Femmigje Johans van der Meer.

They got married on May 20, 1920 at Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.

MARR: RFN 159450

Child(ren):

  2. Eile Sipkes Woudstra  1922-1974 
  4. Douwe Sipkes Woudstra  1930-1968 

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Birthday December 5, 1896

  • The temperature on December 5, 1896 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
    • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
    • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
    • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
    • September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

Day of marriage May 20, 1920

  • The temperature on May 20, 1920 was between 6.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
    • January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
    • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
    • May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
    • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
    • November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

Day of death September 2, 1981

  • The temperature on September 2, 1981 was between 8.4 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
    • February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
    • March 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
    • April 9 » The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USSGeorge Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
    • November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
    • December 1 » Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.


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