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Henriette Roland Holst

Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician (died 1952)

Born
December 24, 1869
Died
November 21, 1952
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1869

About Henriette Roland Holst

Henriette Goverdine Anna "Jet" Roland Holst-van der Schalk (24 December 1869 – 21 November 1952) was a Dutch poet and Council communist. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. She had many noted relatives. Her husband was the artist Richard Roland Holst. The poet Adriaan Roland Holst (1888–1976), nicknamed "the Dutch Prince of Poets", was the nephew of her husband.

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The world when Henriette Roland Holst was born

Henriette Roland Holst was born in 1869. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1869

  • Best-selling bookWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineTranscontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Summit
  • Technology milestoneSuez Canal opens
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population35.6M

1869 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Henriette Roland Holst's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18692026
Population35.6M341 million

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