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He is married to Auke Wieringa.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Drent

Evert Drent
1859-1941
Grietje Pater
1867-1962
Jan Dijkstra
1862-1926
Frouktje Zijlstra
1870-1907
Ebel Drent
1891-1967

Jan Drent
1917-1959


Auke Wieringa
± 1917-????


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Sources

  1. (Not public)
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1959
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/126267/drent

Historical events

Birthday August 4, 1917

  • The temperature on August 4, 1917 was between 12.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
    • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
    • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
    • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
    • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
    • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
    • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.

Day of death February 5, 1959

  • The temperature on February 5, 1959 was between -3.4 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
    • May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
    • July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
    • September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
    • October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
    • November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.


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