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Personal data Willem Jan Wiers 


Household of Willem Jan Wiers

He is married to Jantje Berghuis.

They got married on August 11, 1910 at Groningen (Gr), he was 22 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Groningen 1887
  2. Overlijdensregister Veendam 1940
  3. Huwelijksregister Groningen 1910

Historical events

Birthday December 6, 1887

  • The temperature on December 6, 1887 was about 4.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

Day of death December 3, 1940

  • The temperature on December 3, 1940 was between -0.5 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
    • May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
    • August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
    • September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
    • November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
    • November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1886 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet († 1918)
  • 1887 » Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer († 1960)
  • 1887 » Lynn Fontanne, British actress († 1983)
  • 1888 » Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter († 1949)
  • 1890 » Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author († 1946)

Source: Wikipedia


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