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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Achtkarspelen
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Historical events

Birthday January 30, 1865

  • The temperature on January 30, 1865 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
    • March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
    • April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
    • April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
    • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
    • December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

Day of death June 22, 1938

  • The temperature on June 22, 1938 was between 8.3 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
    • June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
    • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
    • September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
    • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
    • December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1933 » Tim Birkin, English racing driver and lieutenant (b. 1896)
  • 1935 » Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (b. 1866)
  • 1936 » Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1882)
  • 1938 » C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author (b. 1876)
  • 1940 » Monty Noble, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1873)
  • 1942 » August Froehlich, German priest and activist (b. 1891)

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