Genealogy De Klerk - Smitt » Gertrude Elisabeth Mulock Houwer (1863-1936)

Christening day May 11, 1864

• The temperature on May 11, 1864 was about 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
  • May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
  • May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
  • October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
  • November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
  • December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

Day of marriage August 4, 1881

• The temperature on August 4, 1881 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
  • April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
  • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
  • June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
  • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
  • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.

Day of death November 12, 1936

• The temperature on November 12, 1936 was between 5.9 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
  • August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
  • August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
  • November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)