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Personal data Jan Veenstra 


Household of Jan Veenstra

He is married to Janke Knoop.

They got married on May 10, 1902 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Douwe Veenstra  1904-1990
  2. Antje Veenstra  1907-1984
  3. Rikstje Veenstra  1911-2002

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1964, Achtkarspelen
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/111093/veenstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1902, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday March 27, 1877

  • The temperature on March 27, 1877 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
    • May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
    • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
    • July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
    • November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
    • November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

Day of marriage May 10, 1902

  • The temperature on May 10, 1902 was between 2.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). 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 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
    • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
    • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
    • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

Day of death February 21, 1964

  • The temperature on February 21, 1964 was between -9.0 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
    • March 27 » The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
    • April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
    • June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
    • July 31 » Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
    • October 22 » Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
    • December 22 » The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) takes place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, United States.


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