Family tree Weening » Lucas Drewes (1870-1969)
Personal data Lucas Drewes
- He was born on August 28, 1870 in Warfhuizen, gem. Leens (Gr).Source 1
- Occupations:
- architect.
- bouwkundig opzichter.
- He died on May 9, 1969 in Hattem (Gd), he was 98 years old.Source 2
- A child of Menne Drewes and Knelsien Iwema
- This information was last updated on September 17, 2025.
Household of Lucas Drewes
He is married to Engelina Dekker.
They got married on May 2, 1896 at Bedum (Gr), he was 25 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Menno Kornelis Drewes 1897-1976
- Annetta Geertruida Drewes 1899-1982
- Knelsien Koopke Drewes 1902-1969
- Jantina Wesselina Grietje Drewes 1902-1987
- Jan Wessel Ewold Drewes 1907-1927
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Historical events
Birthday August 28, 1870
- The temperature on August 28, 1870 was about 13.5 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
- February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
- May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
- May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
- October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
Day of marriage May 2, 1896
- The temperature on May 2, 1896 was about 7.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 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)
- 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
- February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
- December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of death May 9, 1969
- The temperature on May 9, 1969 was between 3.8 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
- March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
- March 25 » During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
- May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
- May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
- July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
- November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
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