Family tree Weening » Marten Dijkstra (1877-1957)
Personal data Marten Dijkstra
- He was born on October 5, 1877 in Nijega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
- Profession: fabrieksarbeider.
- He died on April 29, 1957 in Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 79 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Leeuwarden (Fr).
- A child of Antje Dijkstra
- This information was last updated on April 3, 2024.
Household of Marten Dijkstra
He is married to Pietje Pitstra.
They got married on April 14, 1917 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 39 years old.Source 3
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1877, Smallingerland
http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/569062/dijkstra
Huwelijksregister 1917, Leeuwarden
Historical events
Birthday October 5, 1877
- The temperature on October 5, 1877 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- 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 1877: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
- February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
- May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
- May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
- May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
- July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
Day of marriage April 14, 1917
- The temperature on April 14, 1917 was between 1.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (26%). 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
- August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
- October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
Day of death April 29, 1957
- The temperature on April 29, 1957 was between 7.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
- January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
- May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
- July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
- October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
- December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
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