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Personal data Hiske Hekstra 


Household of Hiske Hekstra

She is married to Hendrik Leegstra.

They got married on April 21, 1900 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Melle Leegstra  1901-1987
  3. Gerrit Leegstra  1906-1981
  4. Auke Leegstra  1908-1964
  5. Jitske Leegstra  1914-1977
  6. Romkje Leegstra  1919-1994

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1966, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1900, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday May 21, 1877

  • The temperature on May 21, 1877 was about 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
    • May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
    • May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
    • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
    • November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
    • December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

Day of marriage April 21, 1900

  • The temperature on April 21, 1900 was about 22.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
    • January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
    • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
    • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
    • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

Day of death December 11, 1966

  • The temperature on December 11, 1966 was between 2.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
    • March 4 » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
    • March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
    • March 10 » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
    • June 2 » Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
    • September 6 » Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.


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