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Personal data Douwe Valks 


Household of Douwe Valks

He is married to Froukje Boersma.

They got married on May 8, 1915 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 30 years old.Source 4

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1962, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/254314/valks
  4. Huwelijksregister 1915, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday February 5, 1885

  • The temperature on February 5, 1885 was about 3.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
    • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
    • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
    • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
    • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
    • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

Day of marriage May 8, 1915

  • The temperature on May 8, 1915 was between 8.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
    • January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
    • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
    • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
    • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
    • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

Day of death December 1, 1962

  • The temperature on December 1, 1962 was between -3.4 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
    • April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
    • June 1 » Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
    • July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
    • September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
    • October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
    • December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.


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