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Personal data Jan de Vries 


Household of Jan de Vries

He is married to Pietertje Oedzes Zandstra.

They got married on May 20, 1893 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. (Not public)
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1893, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday February 15, 1862

  • The temperature on February 15, 1862 was about 0.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
    • February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
    • February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
    • March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
    • June 7 » The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
    • July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.

Day of marriage May 20, 1893

  • The temperature on May 20, 1893 was about 19.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
    • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
    • August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
    • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.

Day of death January 16, 1947

  • The temperature on January 16, 1947 was between 1.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
    • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
    • April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
    • May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
    • May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
    • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.


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