Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Jan Martens Hoekstra (1856-1936)

Personal data Jan Martens Hoekstra 


Household of Jan Martens Hoekstra

He is married to Aaltje Wytzes Landheer.

They got married on September 24, 1881 at Achtkarspelen, Friesland, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Wytze Jans Hoekstra  1885-1955
  3. Janke Jans Hoekstra  1887-1941
  4. Rinze Jans Hoekstra  1890-1964
  6. Evert Jans Hoekstra  1896-1965


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Historical events

Birthday August 5, 1856

  • The temperature on August 5, 1856 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 30 » The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
    • April 21 » Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day.
    • May 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
    • July 31 » Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
    • August 10 » The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
    • November 17 » American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.

Day of marriage September 24, 1881

  • The temperature on September 24, 1881 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
    • March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
    • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
    • June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
    • July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
    • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.

Day of death January 7, 1936

  • The temperature on January 7, 1936 was between 2.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
    • July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
    • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
    • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
    • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
    • December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).


Same birth/death day

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  • 1844 » Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor († 1930)
  • 1850 » Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet († 1893)
  • 1860 » Louis Wain, English artist († 1939)
  • 1862 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities († 1890)
  • 1866 » Carl Harries, German chemist and academic († 1923)
  • 1866 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer († 1917)

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