Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Roelof Sterk (1894-1979)
Personal data Roelof Sterk
- He was born on April 1, 1894 in Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
- Birth registration on April 2, 1894.Source 1
- He died on March 2, 1979, he was 84 years old.
- He is buried in Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.Source 2
- A child of Adrianus Sterk and Teuntje den Otter
- This information was last updated on December 19, 2021.
Household of Roelof Sterk
He is married to Pietje Alting.
They got married on December 18, 1919 at Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Adrianus Cornelis Sterk 1926-1966
- Roelof Pieter Sterk 1929-1960
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Historical events
Birthday April 1, 1894
- The temperature on April 1, 1894 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
- April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
- May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
- September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
- November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
- November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of marriage December 18, 1919
- The temperature on December 18, 1919 was between 0.6 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
- January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
- February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
- April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
- August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
- October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
- November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
Day of death March 2, 1979
- The temperature on March 2, 1979 was between 2.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 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 year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
- April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
- May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- June 2 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
- September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
- October 17 » The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
- October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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