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Personal data Melle Hoekstra 

  • He was born about 1865 in Dokkum.
  • He died on August 20, 1916.
  • This information was last updated on February 3, 2021.

Household of Melle Hoekstra

He is married to Cornelia Jongeling.

They got married

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Historical events

Day of death August 20, 1916

  • The temperature on August 20, 1916 was between 11.4 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
    • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
    • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
    • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
    • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
    • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.


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About the surname Melle Hoekstra


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