Family tree Jacobs » Henderikus Oortwijn (1894-1977)
Personal data Henderikus Oortwijn
- He was born on March 28, 1894 in Odoorn.
- Birth registration on March 29, 1894.
- Profession: Arbeider.
- He died on April 27, 1977 in Emmen, he was 83 years old.
- A child of Hendrik Oortwijn and Frouke Vriesema
- This information was last updated on December 29, 2021.
Household of Henderikus Oortwijn
He is married to Zwaantje Grooten.
Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Emmen on September 1, 1917.
They got married on September 13, 1917 at Emmen, he was 23 years old.Harm Schepers witnessed this.
Tonnis Sprenger witnessed this.
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Birthday March 28, 1894
- The temperature on March 28, 1894 was about 4.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
- May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
- June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
- June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
- December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of marriage September 13, 1917
- The temperature on September 13, 1917 was between 8.9 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
- March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
- October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
- December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
Day of death April 27, 1977
- The temperature on April 27, 1977 was between 2.8 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
- January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
- June 15 » After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
- June 26 » Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
- August 3 » Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
- November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
- December 25 » Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
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