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Personal data Jan Roest 


Household of Jan Roest

He is married to Elisabeth Gerdina Ewijk.

They got married on October 28, 1914 at Rhenen, he was 21 years old.

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    Historical events

    Day of marriage October 28, 1914

    • The temperature on October 28, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
      • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
      • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
      • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
      • September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
      • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
      • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

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