Family tree verwanten aanverwanten Zandstra/Agema » Douwe Popkes Zijlstra (1882-1935)

Personal data Douwe Popkes Zijlstra 


Household of Douwe Popkes Zijlstra

He is married to Sjieuwke Hendriks Plantinga.

They got married on May 13, 1905 at Kooten, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hiltje Zijlstra  1911-1999

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Historical events

Birthday September 16, 1882

  • The temperature on September 16, 1882 was about 14.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
    • April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
    • September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
    • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.

Day of marriage May 13, 1905

  • The temperature on May 13, 1905 was between 5.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
    • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
    • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
    • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

Day of death September 14, 1935

  • The temperature on September 14, 1935 was between 11.1 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (37%). 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
    • April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
    • June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
    • August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
    • September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
    • December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1878 » Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator († 1961)
  • 1880 » Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1958)
  • 1880 » Clara Ayres, American nurse († 1917)
  • 1881 » Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic († 1964)
  • 1883 » T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic († 1917)
  • 1886 » Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter († 1966)

Source: Wikipedia


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