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Personal data Douwe Veenstra 


Household of Douwe Veenstra

He is married to Maaike Rintjema.

They got married on May 8, 1909 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Yde Veenstra  1910-1972

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1883, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1961, Leeuwarden
  3. Huwelijksregister 1909, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday August 25, 1883

  • The temperature on August 25, 1883 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
    • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
    • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
    • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
    • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

Day of marriage May 8, 1909

  • The temperature on May 8, 1909 was between 2.2 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
    • May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
    • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
    • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
    • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
    • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.

Day of death June 29, 1961

  • The temperature on June 29, 1961 was between 7.6 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 15.1 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
    • April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
    • May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
    • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
    • August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
    • September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.


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