Family tree Weening » Roelof van der Leij (1920-2007)
Personal data Roelof van der Leij
- He was born on November 23, 1920 in Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: landarbeider.
- He died on March 18, 2007 in Winsum (Gr), he was 86 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Sauwerd, gem. Adorp (Gr).Source 3
- A child of Wibbe van der Leij and Jacoba Dijkstra
- This information was last updated on August 21, 2026.
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Household of Roelof van der Leij
He is married to Sijbrigje Toonstra.
They got married on May 25, 1945 at Adorp (Gr), he was 24 years old.Source 4
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Birthday November 23, 1920
- The temperature on November 23, 1920 was between -2.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
- June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
- August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
- August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
- August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
- October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
- November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
Day of marriage May 25, 1945
- The temperature on May 25, 1945 was between 5.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
- In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
- January 1 » World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops kill 60 German POWs at Chenogne.
- January 17 » The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
- January 31 » World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed.
- April 29 » World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.
- October 18 » Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.
- December 4 » By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
Day of death March 18, 2007
- The temperature on March 18, 2007 was between 3.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 9.4 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
- March 7 » The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
- May 19 » President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
- June 27 » The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
- June 30 » A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
- October 15 » Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
- December 20 » The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.
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