Family tree Jacobs » Lucas Rengers (1837-1916)

Day of marriage May 11, 1878

• The temperature on May 11, 1878 was about 14.3 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
  • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
  • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
  • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
  • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

Day of death January 4, 1916

• The temperature on January 4, 1916 was between 4.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
  • February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)