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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Hiemstra

Sipke Alles Hiemstra
1854-1930
Hielkje Sapes Ploeg
1856-1942
Djoerd Jans Schuilinga
1851-1940
Elizabeth Taekes Postma
1849-1903
Alle Hiemstra
1880-1969

Jan Hiemstra
1917-1917


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  2. Overlijdensregister 1917, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday January 17, 1917

  • The temperature on January 17, 1917 was between -0.6 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
    • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
    • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
    • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
    • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
    • November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

Day of death January 28, 1917

  • The temperature on January 28, 1917 was between -7.2 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -4.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (78%). 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
    • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
    • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
    • March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
    • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
    • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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