The temperature on February 2, 1871 was about 2.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage September 17, 1902
The temperature on September 17, 1902 was between 8.4 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (34%). Source: KNMI
March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death January 14, 1952
The temperature on January 14, 1952 was between 1.2 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: J. van Broekhoven, "Database Van Broekhoven", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/database-van-broekhoven/I200760.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "Gerrit van den Broek (1871-1952)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.