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Personal data Roelf Meems
- He was born on July 11, 1857 in Nieuwe-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland.Source 1
- He died on May 3, 1932 in Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen, he was 74 years old.Source 2
- A child of Berend Meems and Lammechien Vos
- This information was last updated on April 23, 2022.
Household of Roelf Meems
(1) He is married to Aaltje Kloppenburg.
They got married on August 2, 1884 at Odoorn, Drenthe, he was 27 years old.Source 3
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(2) He is married to Bondina van Oosten.
They got married on September 22, 1905 at Odoorn, Drenthe, he was 48 years old.Source 4
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The couple were divorced from October 26, 1923 at Assen, Drenthe.Source 5
Notes about Roelf Meems
Beroep: 1884-1911 arbeider.
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Birthday July 11, 1857
- The temperature on July 11, 1857 was about 17.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
- In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
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- March 3 » Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
- May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
- June 1 » Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
- September 22 » The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
- October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
Day of marriage September 22, 1905
- The temperature on September 22, 1905 was between 5.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
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- 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 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
- October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
- October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
- November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
Day of death May 3, 1932
- The temperature on May 3, 1932 was between 8.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
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- April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
- June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
- July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
- July 29 » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
- October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
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