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Household of Geert Hovius

He is married to Willemina Wiersma.

They got married on May 17, 1918 at Grijpskerk (Gr), he was 27 years old.Source 4

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1891
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1966
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1990221/hovius
  4. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1918

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Historical events

Birthday March 4, 1891

  • The temperature on March 4, 1891 was about 6.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
    • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.

Day of marriage May 17, 1918

  • The temperature on May 17, 1918 was between 11.5 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
    • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
    • October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
    • November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
    • December 1 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
    • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

Day of death January 14, 1966

  • The temperature on January 14, 1966 was between -10.2 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -6.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
    • March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
    • March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
    • July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
    • August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
    • August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
    • November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).


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