Family tree Weening » Jacobus Veenstra (1867-1922)
Personal data Jacobus Veenstra
- He was born on February 24, 1867 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: schoenmaker.
- He died on June 25, 1922 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr), he was 55 years old.Source 2
- A child of Melle Veenstra and Antje Brugts de Vries
- This information was last updated on April 8, 2024.
Household of Jacobus Veenstra
(1) He is married to Maaike Roels de Jong.
They got married on June 9, 1892 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Aaltje van der Veer.
They got married on February 10, 1906 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 38 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Geertje Veenstra 1906-1985
- Anna Veenstra 1911-2001
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Birthday February 24, 1867
- The temperature on February 24, 1867 was about 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
- March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
- June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
- October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
- October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
- November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
Day of marriage February 10, 1906
- The temperature on February 10, 1906 was between -3.0 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
- April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
- June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
- August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
- December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of death June 25, 1922
- The temperature on June 25, 1922 was between 9.1 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
- February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
- April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
- July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
- September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
- November 14 » The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
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