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Household of Willem Witteveen

He is married to Sjoukje van der Sluis.

They got married on May 17, 1924 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Gauke Witteveen  1926-1989

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1896, Achtkarspelen
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/279194/witteveen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1924, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday September 15, 1896

  • The temperature on September 15, 1896 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
    • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
    • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
    • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
    • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
    • 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.
    • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.

Day of marriage May 17, 1924

  • The temperature on May 17, 1924 was between 3.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
    • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
    • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
    • June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
    • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
    • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.

Day of death May 15, 1990

  • The temperature on May 15, 1990 was between 4.6 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
    • March 10 » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
    • March 29 » The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
    • April 11 » Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
    • May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
    • September 16 » The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
    • November 7 » Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1894 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic († 1977)
  • 1895 » Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
  • 1897 » Merle Curti, American historian and author († 1997)
  • 1898 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author († 1936)

Source: Wikipedia


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