Family tree Van Rijn » Nicolaas Cornelis "Niek" Bartels (1902-1943)

Day of marriage May 21, 1930

• The temperature on May 21, 1930 was between 4.1 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
  • January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
  • February 10 » The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope to overthrow French protectorate over Vietnam.
  • March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
  • April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
  • August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.

Day of death February 5, 1943

• The average temperature on February 5, 1943 was 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
  • February 9 » World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
  • May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
  • May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
  • June 3 » In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
  • November 18 » World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.

Day of burial February 10, 1943

• The temperature on February 10, 1943 was between 1.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  • May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
  • July 12 » German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
  • September 10 » World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.
  • September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
• 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)