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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Pieter Zijlstra

Douwe Pieters Zijlstra
1836-1893
Eelkjen Tjiskes Boersma
1838-1914
Jan Jans Hulshoff
1840-1874
Hebeltje Jans Binnema
1843-1908

Douwe Pieter Zijlstra
1896-1968


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1896, Oostdongeradeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/276910/zijlstra

Historical events

Birthday September 22, 1896

  • The temperature on September 22, 1896 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
    • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
    • May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
    • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
    • December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

Day of death December 21, 1968

  • The temperature on December 21, 1968 was between -1.1 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
    • April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
    • May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
    • September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
    • October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
    • December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.


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