Family tree Weening » Wietske Brinkman (1888-1970)
Personal data Wietske Brinkman
- She was born on August 4, 1888 in Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1
- She died on September 8, 1970 in Grootegast (Gr), she was 82 years old.Source 2
- A child of Geert Libbes Brinkman and Elisabeth Moning
- This information was last updated on October 20, 2024.
Household of Wietske Brinkman
She is married to Tjibbe Gorter.
They got married on May 26, 1917 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 28 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Elisabeth Gorter 1918-2001
- Geert Gorter 1920-1996
- Lambertus Pieter Gorter 1922-2007
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Historical events
Birthday August 4, 1888
- The temperature on August 4, 1888 was about 14.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
- June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
- September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
- October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
- December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of marriage May 26, 1917
- The temperature on May 26, 1917 was between 6.4 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
- March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
- October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
- October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
- October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
Day of death September 8, 1970
- The temperature on September 8, 1970 was between 14.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
- February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- April 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
- April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
- September 19 » Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
- October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
- December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.
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- 1965 » Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- 1965 » Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- 1969 » Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868)
- 1969 » Bud Collyer, American game show host (b. 1908)
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