When Harm Kliphuis was born on 13 May 1879, in Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands, his father, Pieter Kliphuis, was 33 and his mother, Ellechiena Telena Koster, was 30. He married Catharina Elsina Vegter on 2 May 1904, in Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 20 January 1960, in Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands, at the age of 80.
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Death by suicide of van Gogh.
Luxembourg had gained their independence in 1867, but they were still under the possession of the kings of the Netherlands until William III died and the grand duchy passed to the House of Nassau-Weilburg.
Two skeletons were found next to each other in Drenthe, Netherlands. The skeletons were dated back to between 160 BC and 220 AD. One of the skeletons was thought to be a female and the other a male so scientists called them the Weerdinge couple or Mr. and Mrs. Veenstra. It was determined that both skeletons were men and the name was changed to Weerdinge Men.
byname of Vishnu or Krishna, from a word denoting a colour variously interpreted as brown, yellow, or green, and used particularly to describe the horses of Indra. It is also used as a noun with various meanings (‘lion’, ‘sun’, ‘monkey’, or ‘wind’).
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