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Personal data Sybren Zijlstra 


Household of Sybren Zijlstra

He is married to Betske de Jong.

They got married on May 12, 1920 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sybren Zijlstra

Rypke Pieters Zijlstra
1829-1905
Ytje Sybrens Haakma
1830-1897
Rintje Tabes Annema
1820-1896
Antje Tjeerds Douma
1831-1917
Antje Annema
1866-1935

Sybren Zijlstra
1895-1974

1920

Betske de Jong
1897-1973


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1895, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/540829/zijlstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1920, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday May 20, 1895

  • The temperature on May 20, 1895 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
    • April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
    • May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
    • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
    • August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
    • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.

Day of marriage May 12, 1920

  • The temperature on May 12, 1920 was between 11.3 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
    • February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
    • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
    • April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
    • May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
    • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

Day of death December 16, 1974

  • The temperature on December 16, 1974 was between 2.6 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
    • July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
    • August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
    • October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.
    • November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
    • December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1969 » Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
  • 1969 » Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
  • 1970 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)
  • 1974 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
  • 1976 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
  • 1977 » Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

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