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Personal data Jan Geerts van der Leest 


Household of Jan Geerts van der Leest

He is married to Korneliske Grasman.

They got married on January 18, 1906 at Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1879, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1962, Franeker
  3. Huwelijksregister 1906, Menaldumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday December 5, 1879

  • The temperature on December 5, 1879 was about -6.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
    • March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
    • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
    • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
    • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).
    • December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

Day of marriage January 18, 1906

  • The temperature on January 18, 1906 was between 3.6 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
    • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
    • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
    • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
    • August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
    • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.

Day of death January 6, 1962

  • The temperature on January 6, 1962 was between 0.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. 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 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
    • July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
    • August 11 » Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
    • August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
    • October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
    • December 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.


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