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Personal data Sjoerd Veenstra 


Household of Sjoerd Veenstra

He is married to Tjitske van der Meer.

They got married on December 31, 1903 at Opsterland (Fr), he was 40 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  2. Luitzen Veenstra  1907-1997

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1863, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1903, Opsterland

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Historical events

Birthday September 3, 1863

  • The temperature on September 3, 1863 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
    • January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
    • May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
    • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
    • August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
    • August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).

Day of marriage December 31, 1903

  • The temperature on December 31, 1903 was between -7.2 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (55%). 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
    • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of death February 16, 1947

  • The temperature on February 16, 1947 was between -8.6 °C and -4.9 °C and averaged -6.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
    • April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
    • June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
    • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
    • August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
    • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.


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