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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem (William J) Jans Wiersma

Bauke Jelles Wiersma
1825-1916
Maaike Folkerts Kooistra
1823-1862
Willem Jilderts Huizinga
1830-????
Siebrigje Baukes van der Woude
1836-????

Willem (William J) Jans Wiersma
1890-1973


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Birthday November 23, 1890

  • The temperature on November 23, 1890 was about 10.7 °C. There was 17 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
    • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
    • August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
    • October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
    • November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.

Day of death May 23, 1973

  • The temperature on May 23, 1973 was between 11.5 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
    • April 1 » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
    • May 11 » Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
    • July 29 » Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
    • October 16 » Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
    • November 4 » The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1888 » Harpo Marx, American comedian and musician († 1964)
  • 1889 » Harry Sunderland, Australian-English journalist and businessman († 1964)
  • 1890 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect († 1941)
  • 1892 » Erté, Russian-French illustrator and designer († 1990)

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