Dreyer Tree » Jacoba Wilhelmina Johanna Dreyer (1898-1927)

Day of marriage January 8, 1918

• The temperature on January 8, 1918 was between -4.5 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 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 year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
  • February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
  • March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
  • May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
  • August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
  • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

Day of death November 20, 1927

• The temperature on November 20, 1927 was between -0.1 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
  • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
  • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
  • October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Allen Holubar, American actor and director
• 1924 » Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman and the father of the Football Association and modern football (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Alexandra of Denmark, queen of England (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Bill Holland, American track and field athlete (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Augustine Birrell, British politician (b. 1815)
• 1934 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)