Family tree Weening » Wilke Boonstra (1886-1938)
Personal data Wilke Boonstra
- He was born on April 23, 1886 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: sigarenhandelaar.
- He died on January 3, 1938 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr), he was 51 years old.Source 2
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- A child of Jan Jacobs Boonstra and Tjitske van den Brug
- This information was last updated on February 23, 2023.
Household of Wilke Boonstra
He is married to Egbertje Elsinga.
They got married on May 26, 1917 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 31 years old.Source 3
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Birthday April 23, 1886
- The temperature on April 23, 1886 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
- April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
- May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
- June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
- June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
- October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
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.
- March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
- November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
- December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
Day of death January 3, 1938
- The temperature on January 3, 1938 was between -11.2 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -6.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
- July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
- September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
- September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
- December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
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