Database Van Broekhoven » Berdina Hansen (1837-1922)

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.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
  • February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
  • June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
  • October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
  • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
  • November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.

Day of death July 15, 1922

• The temperature on July 15, 1922 was between 10.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • May 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
  • June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
  • July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
  • November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
  • December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
  • December 30 » The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)