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He is married to Renske Drent.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Meter

Ate Meter
1854-1928
Joukje Wobbes Nijboer
1859-1927
Bareld Alles Bijma
1854-1935
Wytske Andries Bekkema
1856-1919
Aaltje Bijma
1893-1982

Jan Meter
1916-1983


Renske Drent
1924-1980


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1916, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1988354/meter

Historical events

Birthday September 8, 1916

  • The temperature on September 8, 1916 was between 10.4 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (80%). 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 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 year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
    • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
    • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
    • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
    • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Day of death November 28, 1983

  • The temperature on November 28, 1983 was between 6.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
    • March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
    • March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
    • March 23 » Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
    • October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
    • December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.


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