Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Geert Valkema (1916-)

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Household of Geert Valkema

He is married to Sjoukje Rienks van der Ley.

They got married on June 2, 1940 at Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, he was 24 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday January 8, 1916

  • The temperature on January 8, 1916 was between 3.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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 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.
    • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
    • June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
    • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
    • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
    • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
    • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).


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