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Household of Sytze Torpstra

He is married to Johanna Dijkstra.

They got married on May 1, 1913 at Dokkum (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1886, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/395836/torpstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1913, Dokkum

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Historical events

Birthday February 27, 1886

  • The temperature on February 27, 1886 was about -2.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
    • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
    • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
    • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
    • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

Day of marriage May 1, 1913

  • The temperature on May 1, 1913 was between 7.9 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
    • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
    • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
    • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
    • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
    • December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

Day of death October 27, 1968

  • The temperature on October 27, 1968 was between 6.5 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
    • January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
    • February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
    • July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
    • December 10 » Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
    • December 24 » Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.


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