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Personal data Douwe van der Werff 


Household of Douwe van der Werff

He is married to Trijntje Muller.

They got married on September 1, 1900 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1871, Leeuwarden
  2. Overlijdensregister 1957, Leeuwarden
  3. Huwelijksregister 1900, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday October 19, 1871

  • The temperature on October 19, 1871 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
    • May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
    • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
    • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
    • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
    • December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

Day of death October 20, 1957

  • The temperature on October 20, 1957 was between 2.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
    • April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
    • August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
    • September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
    • October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
    • November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.


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