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Personal data Jan Gerardus Plaatje 


Household of Jan Gerardus Plaatje

He is married to Wilhelmina Catharina Bergmeester.

They got married on September 18, 1908 at Odoorn, DR, NLD, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Willem Jan Plaatje  1909-1910
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Birthday November 3, 1881

  • The temperature on November 3, 1881 was about 3.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
    • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
    • March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
    • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
    • September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.

Day of marriage September 18, 1908

  • The temperature on September 18, 1908 was between 8.1 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
    • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
    • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
    • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
    • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
    • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Day of death April 13, 1961

  • The temperature on April 13, 1961 was between 9.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
    • January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
    • March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
    • April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
    • July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
    • October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.


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