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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.
    • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
    • 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 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
    • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
    • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
    • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

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.
    • February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
    • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
    • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
    • 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.
    • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
    • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).

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.
    • January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
    • March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
    • June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
    • August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
    • October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
    • November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.


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