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Personal data Willem Postma 


Household of Willem Postma

He is married to Eelkje Sierdsema.

They got married on May 11, 1895 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Lubbert Postma  1895-1953
  2. Sipke Postma  1896-1965
  3. Eeke Postma  1899-1940

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1872, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1965, Tietjerksteradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1895, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday November 23, 1872

  • The temperature on November 23, 1872 was about 12.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
    • March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
    • April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
    • November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
    • November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
    • December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.

Day of marriage May 11, 1895

  • The temperature on May 11, 1895 was about 15.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
    • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
    • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
    • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
    • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
    • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.

Day of death February 12, 1965

  • The temperature on February 12, 1965 was between 3.4 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
    • March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
    • March 21 » Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
    • September 20 » Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in course of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
    • November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
    • December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.


Same birth/death day

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