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Personal data Jan Koster 

  • He was born in the year 1871 in Hoogeveen.
  • Occupations:
    • Schipper.
    • winkelier.
  • He died on March 21, 1938 in Emmen, he was 67 years old.
  • This information was last updated on January 29, 2023.

Household of Jan Koster

He is married to Lutina Posma.

They got married on March 28, 1899 at Emmen, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gerrit Koster  1904-
  2. Nn Koster  1908
  3. Willem Koster  1909-1909

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Historical events

  • The temperature on March 28, 1899 was about 7.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
    • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
    • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
    • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
    • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • The temperature on March 21, 1938 was between 4.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
    • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
    • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
    • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
    • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
    • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.


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