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Personal data Thijs Werkman 

  • He was born on May 30, 1878 in St.Nicolaasga.
  • He died on September 13, 1961 in Oosterwolde, he was 83 years old.
  • This information was last updated on November 23, 2019.

Household of Thijs Werkman

He is married to Froukje Meijer.

They got married on May 20, 1904 at Langweer, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Piet Werkman  1913-1972

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thijs Werkman

Thijs Werkman
1878-1961

1904
Piet Werkman
1913-1972

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  • The temperature on May 30, 1878 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
    • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
    • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
  • The temperature on May 20, 1904 was between 1.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
    • February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
    • April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
    • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
    • October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
    • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
  • The temperature on September 13, 1961 was between 11.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast 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 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
    • April 25 » Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
    • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
    • September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
    • October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
    • October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.


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