Family tree Servaes, Maastricht/Venlo/Straelen/Neuss/Düsseldorf » Hermann Servaes (1839-1921)

Day of marriage January 12, 1863

• The temperature on January 12, 1863 was about 3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
  • July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
  • July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
  • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

Day of death March 16, 1921

• The temperature on March 16, 1921 was between 1.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
  • July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
  • August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
  • September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
  • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)