Family tree Jacobs » Roelf Jacob Dost (1864-1954)
Personal data Roelf Jacob Dost
- He was born on January 19, 1864 in Vlagtwedde Groningen Nederland.
- Profession: Arbeider Lantaarnopsteker.
- Religion: Nederlands hervormd.
- He died on April 24, 1954 in Emmer-Compascuum, he was 90 years old.
- A child of Jacob Dost and Wilhelmina Trip
- This information was last updated on April 4, 2013.
Household of Roelf Jacob Dost
(1) He is married to Trijntje Ramaker.
They got married on April 24, 1888 at Emmen, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Jan Dost 1893-????
- Harmannus Dost 1897-1897
- Otto Dost 1901-1902
- Antje Dost 1903-1986
- Willem Dost 1907-2000
- Anno Dost 1910-1911
(2) He is married to Aaltje Kiewiet.
They got married on May 2, 1939 at Gieten, he was 75 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday January 19, 1864
- The temperature on January 19, 1864 was about 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
- May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
- June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
- September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
- October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
- November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
Day of marriage May 2, 1939
- The temperature on May 2, 1939 was between 6.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
- September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
- September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
- September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
- September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
- September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
- December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Day of death April 24, 1954
- The temperature on April 24, 1954 was between 0.2 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
- January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
- March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
- April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
- June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
- July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
- December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
Same birth/death day
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- 1863 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist († 1941)
- 1866 » Harry Davenport, American stage and film actor († 1949)
- 1871 » Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1906)
- 1874 » Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna († 1922)
- 1876 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna († 1943)
- 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
- 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
- 1948 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)
- 1954 » Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (b. 1910)
- 1960 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- 1961 » Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
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