Family tree Plugboer » Maartje de Graaf (1883-1959)
Personal data Maartje de Graaf
- She was born on August 10, 1883 in Broek op Langedijk.
- She died on November 8, 1959 in Sint Maarten, she was 76 years old.
- A child of Pieter de Graaf and Aafje Bouwens
Household of Maartje de Graaf
She is married to Dirk Houter.
They got married on May 9, 1912 at Broek op Langedijk, she was 28 years old.
Child(ren):
- Klaas Houter 1918-1999
- Pieter Houter 1919-1999
- Hendrik Houter 1921-2001
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Historical events
Birthday August 10, 1883
- The temperature on August 10, 1883 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
- May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
- June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
- July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
- November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
- December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
Day of marriage May 9, 1912
- The temperature on May 9, 1912 was between 8.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
- January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
- April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
- October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
- October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
- November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death November 8, 1959
- The temperature on November 8, 1959 was between -3.9 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
- February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
- May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
- June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
- July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
- September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
- September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
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- 1884 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author († 1935)
- 1888 » Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark († 1940)
- 1889 » Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly († 1967)
- 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
- 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
- 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
- 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
- 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
- 1965 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)
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