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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wytze Riegstra

Wytze Hendriks van der Veen
1835-1888
Janke Martens Plantinga
1837-1896

Wytze Riegstra
1900-1903


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1900, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1903, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday June 9, 1900

  • The temperature on June 9, 1900 was about 16.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
    • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
    • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
    • May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
    • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
    • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
    • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

Day of death May 15, 1903

  • The temperature on May 15, 1903 was between 9.2 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
    • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
    • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1895 » Archie Weston, American football player and journalist († 1981)
  • 1898 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver († 1952)
  • 1900 » Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host († 1984)
  • 1902 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1969)
  • 1903 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver († 1953)
  • 1903 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic († 1996)

Source: Wikipedia


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