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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

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.
    • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
    • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
    • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
    • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
    • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
    • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.

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 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
    • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
    • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
    • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
    • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
    • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

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.
    • March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
    • May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
    • June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
    • August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
    • September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
    • October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.


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