Genealogy Harssema » Douwe TERPSTRA (1916-1988)

Personal data Douwe TERPSTRA 

  • He was born on May 2, 1916 in Welsrijp (Hennaarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands.
  • He died on May 30, 1988 in Den Burg (Texel) Noord-Holland Netherlands, he was 72 years old.
  • A child of Dirk TERPSTRA and Akke ZIJLSTRA
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2014.

Household of Douwe TERPSTRA

Waarschuwing Attention: Spouse (Jannetje (Jannie) MAAT) is 999 years older.

He is married to Jannetje (Jannie) MAAT.

They got married on June 16, 1945, he was 29 years old.


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Notes about Douwe TERPSTRA

13C3R from Balle Hummersma (ca 1449 - ?).

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Birthday May 2, 1916

  • The temperature on May 2, 1916 was between 6.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
    • February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
    • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
    • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
    • June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
    • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.

Day of marriage June 16, 1945

  • The temperature on June 16, 1945 was between 7.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 19 » World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
    • January 20 » World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
    • January 25 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
    • January 31 » World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula.
    • June 5 » The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
    • August 17 » Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.

Day of death May 30, 1988

  • The temperature on May 30, 1988 was between 9.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
    • March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
    • April 10 » The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
    • June 19 » Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
    • August 17 » President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
    • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park


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