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Personal data Pieter van Dekken 


Household of Pieter van Dekken

He is married to Gepke van der Schaaf.

They got married on May 16, 1914 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 29 years old.Source 4


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1961, Smallingerland
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/110528/dekken_van
  4. Huwelijksregister 1914, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday March 5, 1885

  • The temperature on March 5, 1885 was about 5.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
    • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
    • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
    • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

Day of marriage May 16, 1914

  • The temperature on May 16, 1914 was between 4.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
    • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
    • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
    • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
    • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
    • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Day of death July 24, 1961

  • The temperature on July 24, 1961 was between 8.6 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
    • February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
    • July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
    • July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
    • August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
    • September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.


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