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Personal data Douwe Broersma 


Household of Douwe Broersma

He is married to Wytske Vellinga.

They got married on May 12, 1921 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 30 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Klaas Broersma  1922-1992
  2. Feddrik Broersma  1923-2010
  3. Auke Broersma  1925-1925
  4. (Not public)
  5. Auke Broersma  1929-2013

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1891
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/201680/broersma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1921, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday February 15, 1891

  • The temperature on February 15, 1891 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
    • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).

Day of marriage May 12, 1921

  • The temperature on May 12, 1921 was between 9.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
    • May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
    • June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
    • July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
    • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
    • September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.

Day of death May 15, 1963

  • The temperature on May 15, 1963 was between 6.6 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • June 17 » The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
    • September 2 » CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
    • November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
    • November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
    • December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.


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