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Personal data Metje Westra 


Household of Metje Westra

He is married to Jan Jongstra.

They got married on March 6, 1926 at Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1900, Franekeradeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/111023/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1926, Barradeel

Historical events

Birthday August 11, 1900

  • The temperature on August 11, 1900 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
    • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
    • March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
    • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
    • June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
    • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Day of death April 30, 1987

  • The temperature on April 30, 1987 was between 11.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
    • August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
    • October 11 » Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
    • October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
    • November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
    • December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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