Family tree Weening » Pier Piersma (1861-1944)
Personal data Pier Piersma
- He was born on April 21, 1861 in Oldeboorn, gem. Utingeradeel (Fr).Source 1
- Occupations:
- arbeider.
- boerenknecht.
- He died on February 22, 1944 in Oldeboorn, gem. Utingeradeel (Fr), he was 82 years old.Source 2
- A child of Sytze Hotzes Piersma and Frederika Cornelia Waringa
- This information was last updated on February 22, 2023.
Household of Pier Piersma
(1) He is married to Jantje Jans Bijlsma.
They got married on May 8, 1884 at Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Antje van der Meulen.
They got married on May 5, 1892 at Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.Source 4
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Historical events
Birthday April 21, 1861
- The temperature on April 21, 1861 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
- January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
- June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
- August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
- September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
- December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
Day of marriage May 5, 1892
- The temperature on May 5, 1892 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
- August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
- September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
- October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
- November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
- December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
Day of death February 22, 1944
- The temperature on February 22, 1944 was between -2.6 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
- September 3 » Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
- September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
- September 17 » World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
- October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
- November 21 » World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
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