Family tree Weening » Sybe Elzinga (1884-1953)
Personal data Sybe Elzinga
- He was born on July 1, 1884 in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
- He died on May 8, 1953 in -, he was 68 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.
- A child of Jan Tjeerds Elzinga and Froukje Willems Veenstra
- This information was last updated on July 23, 2024.
Household of Sybe Elzinga
He is married to Geertje Hiemstra.
They got married on July 21, 1917 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 33 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Jan Elzinga 1917-1993
- Minke Elzinga 1919-1998
- Froukje Elzinga 1921-1997
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1884, Dantumadeel
https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/197373/elzinga
Huwelijksregister 1917, Dantumadeel
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Birthday July 1, 1884
- The temperature on July 1, 1884 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
- March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
- May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
- October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
- December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
- December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage July 21, 1917
- The temperature on July 21, 1917 was between 9.0 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 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 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
- November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
- November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Day of death May 8, 1953
- The temperature on May 8, 1953 was between 4.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
- April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
- July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
- July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
- August 12 » The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
- November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
- December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
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