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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Figeland

Hendrik Figeland
1823-1854
Anna Maria Spang
1825-1856
Jan Bartelds
1840-1914
Grietje Pols
1840-1881

Jan Figeland
1897-1962


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Birthday March 4, 1897

  • The temperature on March 4, 1897 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 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 year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
    • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
    • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
    • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
    • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
    • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

Day of death August 23, 1962

  • The temperature on August 23, 1962 was between 10.7 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
    • March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
    • August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
    • September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
    • September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    • October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1895 » Milt Gross, American animator, director, and screenwriter († 1953)
  • 1896 » Kai Holm, Danish actor and director († 1985)
  • 1897 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager († 1969)
  • 1898 » Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic († 1986)
  • 1898 » Hans Krebs, German general († 1945)
  • 1899 » Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor († 1966)

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