Family tree Klavers » Lambert Jacob de Jonge (1849-1942)

Day of marriage September 14, 1916

• The temperature on September 14, 1916 was between 5.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
  • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
  • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

Day of death January 26, 1942

• The temperature on January 26, 1942 was between -23.4 °C and -11.2 °C and averaged -14.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
  • February 19 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
  • June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
  • July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
  • October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
  • November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)