Family tree Van Dijk » Hendrik Koster (1861-1915)
Personal data Hendrik Koster
- He was born on November 28, 1861 in Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland.
- He died on August 30, 1915 in Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland, he was 53 years old.
- A child of Peter Koster and Engeltjen Spaan
- This information was last updated on January 7, 2007.
Household of Hendrik Koster
He is married to Berendina Schinkel.
They got married on August 11, 1887 at Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland, he was 25 years old.
Child(ren):
- Jan Koster 1890-1890
- Jan Koster 1892-1892
- Anna Koster 1898-1985
- Peter Koster 1900-1986
- Berendiena Koster 1908-
- Gerrit Koster 1911-
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Historical events
Birthday November 28, 1861
- The temperature on November 28, 1861 was about 2.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
- March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
- March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
- April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
- April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
- May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
Day of marriage August 11, 1887
- The temperature on August 11, 1887 was about 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 52 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
- July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
- July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of death August 30, 1915
- The temperature on August 30, 1915 was between 7.0 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
- January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
- March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
- June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
- July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
- September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
- October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
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- 1864 » James Allen, English author and poet († 1912)
- 1864 » Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War († 1932)
- 1866 » Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial († 1924)
- 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
- 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
- 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
- 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
- 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
- 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
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