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Household of Marten Merkus

He is married to Petronella Geertruida Gerritsen.

They got married on September 24, 1912 at Zwolle (Ov), he was 31 years old.Source 2

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1881, Kollumerland c.a.
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Historical events

Birthday March 15, 1881

  • The temperature on March 15, 1881 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 27%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
    • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
    • May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
    • June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.

Day of marriage September 24, 1912

  • The temperature on September 24, 1912 was between 4.4 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
    • January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
    • June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
    • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
    • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
    • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death January 31, 1954

  • The temperature on January 31, 1954 was between -12.1 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
    • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
    • August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
    • August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
    • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
    • November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.


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