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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wieger Postma

Allert Errits Postma
1814-1859
Minke Minzes Eskens
1821-1859
Jan Jans Oedzes
1819-1902
Rinske Hendriks Friesema
1821-1892

Wieger Postma
1882-1958


Hiltje Gall
1884-1945


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1882, Achtkarspelen, aktenummer 343
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Historical events

Birthday December 28, 1882

  • The temperature on December 28, 1882 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
    • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
    • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.

Day of death September 28, 1958

  • The temperature on September 28, 1958 was between 7.3 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
    • April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
    • April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
    • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
    • September 2 » United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
    • December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
  • 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
  • 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
  • 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
  • 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
  • 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)

Source: Wikipedia


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