Family tree Jacobs » Zwaantje Meijer (1893-1978)
Personal data Zwaantje Meijer
- She was born on November 21, 1893 in Vlagtwedde Groningen Nederland.
Tijdstip: 04:00
- Birth registration on November 23, 1893.
Event shared with Harm Christiaan Pals (witness), Roelof Bakker (witness), Jan Meijer (witness)
- She died on December 14, 1978 in Veele, she was 85 years old.
- A child of Jan Meijer and Wubbina de Vries
- This information was last updated on November 28, 2019.
Household of Zwaantje Meijer
She is married to Derk van Wijk.
They got married on May 9, 1914 at Vlagtwedde Groningen Nederland, she was 20 years old.
Child(ren):
- Harmans van Wijk 1916-2001
- Jan van Wijk 1918-2000
- Klaas van Wijk 1920-2010
- Wubbina Henderika van Wijk 1921-2014
- Klasina Reindina van Wijk 1924-2019
- Hillie Antje van Wijk 1935-2019
- Zwaantientje van Wijk 1936-
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Historical events
Birthday November 21, 1893
- The temperature on November 21, 1893 was about 0.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 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)
- 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 year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
- July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
- August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
- September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
- December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of marriage May 9, 1914
- The temperature on May 9, 1914 was between 5.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
- May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
- August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
- August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
- September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
- October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
Day of death December 14, 1978
- The temperature on December 14, 1978 was between 5.0 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 25.4 mm of rain during 10.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
- January 1 » Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.
- February 8 » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
- February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
- March 16 » Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)
- March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
- November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
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- 1974 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and author (b. 1889)
- 1975 » Arthur Treacher, English-American entertainer (b. 1894)
- 1978 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (b. 1886)
- 1980 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
- 1984 » Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
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