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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.
    • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
    • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
    • 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 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
    • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

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.
    • January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
    • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
    • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
    • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
    • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
    • November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

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.
    • February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
    • March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
    • April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
    • May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
    • May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
    • August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.


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