Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Berend Piers Veenstra (1878-1952)

Personal data Berend Piers Veenstra 


Household of Berend Piers Veenstra

He is married to Janke Jans Elzinga.

They got married on May 18, 1905 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Grietje Veenstra  1923-2013

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Birthday April 16, 1878

  • The temperature on April 16, 1878 was about 12.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
    • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
    • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
    • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

Day of marriage May 18, 1905

  • The temperature on May 18, 1905 was between 8.8 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
    • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
    • August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
    • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
    • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
    • November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.

Day of death February 4, 1952

  • The temperature on February 4, 1952 was between -1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
    • February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
    • May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
    • August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
    • August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
    • November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
    • December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.


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