Family tree Weening » Jan Hiemstra (1917-1945)
Personal data Jan Hiemstra
- He was born on October 28, 1917 in Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: landarbeider.
- He died on March 14, 1945 in Kimswerd, gem. Wonseradeel (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 2
Overleden aan middenoorontsteking tijdens tewerkstelling in Nürnberg, Duitsland.
- He is buried in Nürnberg, Beieren, Duitsland.
- A child of Jetze Hiemstra and Antje Hofstede
- This information was last updated on July 13, 2026.
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Birthday October 28, 1917
- The temperature on October 28, 1917 was between -1.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
- November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
- December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Day of death March 14, 1945
- The temperature on March 14, 1945 was between -1.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
- In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
- February 14 » World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
- March 14 » The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
- April 9 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
- May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
- June 10 » Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
- October 30 » Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
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