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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1871, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1915, Achtkarspelen
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Historical events

Birthday March 21, 1871

  • The temperature on March 21, 1871 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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.
    • January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
    • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    • 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).

Day of death February 23, 1915

  • The temperature on February 23, 1915 was between -2.3 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
    • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
    • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
    • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
    • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Day of burial February 24, 1915

  • The temperature on February 24, 1915 was between 0.6 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
    • January 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
    • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
    • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
    • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
    • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.


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