Family tree Kaper » Geertje Potze (1905-1986)
Personal data Geertje Potze
- She was born on March 21, 1905 in Sellingerbeetse, GR, NLD.
- (Reference Number) .
- She died on October 20, 1986, she was 81 years old.
- She is buried in Hervormde Begraafplaats, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland.
- A child of Nanne Potze and Grietje Katoen
Household of Geertje Potze
She is married to Sjoert Venema.
They got married on September 8, 1923 at Onstwedde, GR, NLD, she was 18 years old.
Child(ren):
- Eppo Venema 1924-1926
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Historical events
Birthday March 21, 1905
- The temperature on March 21, 1905 was between 0.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
- February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
- June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
- August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
- December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Day of marriage September 8, 1923
- The temperature on September 8, 1923 was between 5.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
- January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
- January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
- August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
- September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
- October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
Day of death October 20, 1986
- The temperature on October 20, 1986 was between 6.2 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 19.1 mm of rain during 11.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
- March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
- April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
- April 28 » High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
- July 2 » Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
- November 5 » USSRentz, USSReeves and USSOldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
- November 22 » Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.
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- 1906 » Jim Thompson, American businessman († 1967)
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- 1983 » Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)
- 1984 » Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
- 1984 » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
- 1987 » Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903)
- 1988 » Sheila Scott, English pilot and author (b. 1922)
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Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I8591.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "Geertje Potze (1905-1986)".