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Personal data Fokeltje Melles Komrij
- She was born on January 22, 1857 in Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
- She died on July 20, 1924 in Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr), she was 67 years old.Source 2
- A child of Melle Jetzes Komrij and Sytske Pieters Smedinga
- This information was last updated on June 16, 2024.
Household of Fokeltje Melles Komrij
She is married to Rykele Jurjens Westra.
They got married on May 8, 1880 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 23 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Sytske Westra 1881-1968
- Ietje Westra 1882-1953
- Trijntje Westra 1894-1964
- Melle Westra 1897-1898
- Meltje Westra 1902-
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Birthday January 22, 1857
- The temperature on January 22, 1857 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
- In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- March 29 » Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
- June 26 » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
- August 24 » The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
- September 12 » The SSCentral America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
- September 22 » The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
- October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
Day of marriage May 8, 1880
- The temperature on May 8, 1880 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
- June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
- June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
- August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
- September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of death July 20, 1924
- The temperature on July 20, 1924 was between 9.7 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
- February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
- May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
- June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
- July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
- September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
- December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
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