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Personal data Cornelis Posthuma 


Household of Cornelis Posthuma

He is married to Jacoba Sommeling.

They got married on January 3, 1895 at Amsterdam, Nederland, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacoba Posthuma  1896-???? 
  2. Klaas Posthuma  1898-1978 
  3. Cornelis Posthuma  1902-1987 
  4. Dirk Adolf Posthuma  1906-1972 

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  • The temperature on June 4, 1870 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
    • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
    • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
    • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
  • The temperature on January 3, 1895 was about 0.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
    • March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
    • May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
    • August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
    • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
    • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
  • The temperature on December 13, 1923 was between -0.4 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
    • January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
    • June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
    • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
    • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
    • October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.


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