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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Westra

Jan Metskes Westra
1809-1883
Antje Pieters Hazenberg
1809-1864
Willem Boukes Kooi
1819-1896
Hiltje Daniëls Kiestra
1819-1898
Stientje Kooi
1847-1877

Willem Westra
1875-1971


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1875, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/202008/westra

Historical events

Birthday January 16, 1875

  • The temperature on January 16, 1875 was about 7.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
    • March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
    • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
    • July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
    • August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Day of death June 24, 1971

  • The temperature on June 24, 1971 was between 8.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
    • February 8 » South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
    • February 27 » Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
    • June 13 » Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
    • July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
    • October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
    • November 18 » Oman declares its independence from United Kingdom.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
  • 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
  • 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)

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