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Personal data Pieter Hoekstra 


Household of Pieter Hoekstra

He is married to Gepke Westra.

They got married on May 11, 1901 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1878, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1930, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1901, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday December 9, 1878

  • The temperature on December 9, 1878 was about -3.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
    • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

Day of marriage May 11, 1901

  • The temperature on May 11, 1901 was between 3.2 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (62%). 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
    • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
    • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
    • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
    • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
    • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.

Day of death November 21, 1930

  • The temperature on November 21, 1930 was between 9.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • January 31 » 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
    • February 10 » The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope to overthrow French protectorate over Vietnam.
    • March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
    • June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
    • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
    • November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
  • 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
  • 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
  • 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)
  • 1882 » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator († 1949)
  • 1883 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic († 1950)

Source: Wikipedia


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