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Personal data Klaas Zijlstra 


Household of Klaas Zijlstra

He is married to Grietje Pieters Feenstra.

They got married on May 9, 1889 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Gertje Zijlstra  1890-???? 
  2. Pieter Zijlstra  1895-???? 
  3. Jan Zijlstra  1908-

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1940, Dantumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1889, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday December 25, 1865

  • The temperature on December 25, 1865 was about -2.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
    • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
    • May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
    • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
    • October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
    • December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

Day of marriage May 9, 1889

  • The temperature on May 9, 1889 was about 23.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
    • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
    • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
    • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
    • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
    • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Day of death August 3, 1940

  • The temperature on August 3, 1940 was between 14.2 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
    • June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
    • June 21 » World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
    • October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
    • November 10 » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
    • November 27 » In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.


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