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.
- March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
- March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
- May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
- May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
- July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
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 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
- May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
- September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
- October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
- October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
- December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
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