Family tree Weening » Geert Brouwers (1896-1962)
Personal data Geert Brouwers
- He was born on August 8, 1896 in Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- He died on November 13, 1962 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 66 years old.Source 2
- A child of Pieter Brouwers and Tettje Kikstra
- This information was last updated on July 29, 2026.
Household of Geert Brouwers
He is married to Sjieuwke Kamminga.
They got married on June 2, 1921 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Pieter Brouwers 1922-1996
- Fokje Brouwers 1924-2006
- Albert Brouwers 1926-1980
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1896, Achtkarspelen
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Huwelijksregister 1921, Achtkarspelen
Historical events
Birthday August 8, 1896
- The temperature on August 8, 1896 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Day of marriage June 2, 1921
- The temperature on June 2, 1921 was between 14.0 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
- January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
- April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
- June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
- July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
- July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
- July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
Day of death November 13, 1962
- The temperature on November 13, 1962 was between 0.4 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
- February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
- February 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
- March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11⁄2 day constitutional crisis.
- May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
- July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
- July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
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- 1898 » Marguerite Bise, French chef († 1965)
- 1901 » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
- 1902 » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
- 1954 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (b. 1881)
- 1955 » Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (b. 1897)
- 1955 » Moshe Pesach, Greek rabbi (b. 1869)
- 1961 » Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (b. 1897)
- 1963 » Margaret Murray, Indian-English anthropologist and author (b. 1863)
- 1969 » Iskander Mirza, Indian-Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (b. 1899)
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