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Household of Geertje Couperus

She is married to Mink Zijlstra.

They got married on May 16, 1903 at Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.Source 4

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1878, Wonseradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1937, Wonseradeel
  3. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/518881/couperus
  4. Huwelijksregister 1903, Wonseradeel

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Historical events

Birthday May 28, 1878

  • The temperature on May 28, 1878 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
    • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

Day of marriage May 16, 1903

  • The temperature on May 16, 1903 was between 6.3 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). 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 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
    • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
    • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Day of death June 11, 1937

  • The temperature on June 11, 1937 was between 16.4 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
    • April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
    • April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
    • April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
    • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
    • August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.


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