Family tree Kaper » Jan Folkersma (1899-1900)
Personal data Jan Folkersma
- He was born on October 14, 1899 in Schildwolde, GR, NLD.
- (Reference Number) .
- He died on April 17, 1900 in Schildwolde, GR, NLD.
- A child of Geert Folkersma and Grietje Smit
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Historical events
Birthday October 14, 1899
- The temperature on October 14, 1899 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
- March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
- April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
- July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
- December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
Day of death April 17, 1900
- The temperature on April 17, 1900 was about 7.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
- February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
- May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
- June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
- October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
- December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
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- 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
- 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
- 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
- 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
- 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
- 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
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Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I14455.php : accessed February 5, 2026), "Jan Folkersma (1899-1900)".