Family tree Van Rijn » Dirk Leek (1878-1901)
Personal data Dirk Leek
- He was born on January 9, 1878 in Oude Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
- He died on March 21, 1901 in Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, he was 23 years old.
- A child of Dirk Leek and Grietje Groot
- This information was last updated on January 14, 2022.
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Historical events
Birthday January 9, 1878
- The temperature on January 9, 1878 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
- January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
- March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
- June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
- June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
- July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death March 21, 1901
- The temperature on March 21, 1901 was between -1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (63%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
- March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
- June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
- November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
- November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
- December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
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Jos van Rijn, "Family tree Van Rijn", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-rijn/I50043.php : accessed May 26, 2024), "Dirk Leek (1878-1901)".