Family tree Weening » Douwe Broersma (1844-1923)
Personal data Douwe Broersma
- He was born on November 30, 1844 in Stroobos, gem. Grootegast (Gr).Source 1
- He died on November 8, 1923 in Friesch Stroobos, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland, he was 78 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jan Douwes Broersma and Minke Jans Rinsma
- This information was last updated on August 25, 2025.
Household of Douwe Broersma
He is married to Taltje Thomas Brouwer.
They got married on May 13, 1871 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 26 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Eit Broersma 1882-1892
- Taeke Broersma 1884-????
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Birthday November 30, 1844
- The temperature on November 30, 1844 was about 1.0 °C. There was 836 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Special wheather fenomena: . Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1844: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- February 28 » A gun on USSPrinceton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing six people, including two United States Cabinet members.
- March 30 » One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
- May 1 » Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
- May 23 » Declaration of the Báb the evening before the 23rd: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith; Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day.
- July 3 » The last pair of great auks is killed.
- December 21 » The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
Day of marriage May 13, 1871
- The temperature on May 13, 1871 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
- November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
- November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
Day of death November 8, 1923
- The temperature on November 8, 1923 was between -1.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
- March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
- April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
- April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
- September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
- September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
- September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
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