Genealogy Harssema » Meindert Hendriks WIERSMA (1887-1962)

Personal data Meindert Hendriks WIERSMA 


Household of Meindert Hendriks WIERSMA

He is married to Antje Jacobs JAGERSMA.

They got married on May 20, 1911 at Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands, he was 23 years old.


Notes about Meindert Hendriks WIERSMA

5C3R from Minne Heertjes (1680 - ?) and Dieuwerke Repkes Froma.

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Historical events

Birthday November 12, 1887

  • The temperature on November 12, 1887 was about 5.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Day of marriage May 20, 1911

  • The temperature on May 20, 1911 was between 8.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
    • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
    • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
    • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
    • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
    • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Day of death August 20, 1962

  • The temperature on August 20, 1962 was between 10.0 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
    • February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
    • March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
    • July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
    • July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
    • September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.


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