Family tree Weening » Geertruida Piers (1896-1943)
Personal data Geertruida Piers
- She was born on April 20, 1896 in Doezum, gem. Grootegast (Gr).Source 1
- Profession: boekhoudster.
- She died on August 20, 1943 in Doezum, gem. Grootegast (Gr), she was 47 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Doezum, gem. Grootegast (Gr).Source 3
- A child of Lieuwe Piers and Tjitske de Vries
- This information was last updated on June 15, 2023.
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Sources
Geboorteregister Grootegast 1896
Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1943
https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2028936/piers
Historical events
Birthday April 20, 1896
- The temperature on April 20, 1896 was about 6.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- 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).
- 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 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
Day of death August 20, 1943
- The temperature on August 20, 1943 was between 11.8 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- February 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
- February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
- July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
- October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
- October 31 » World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
- December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
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