Geensen database » Jacomina Sara Geensen (1868-1942)

Day of marriage November 22, 1888

• The temperature on November 22, 1888 was about 9.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
  • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
  • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
  • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
  • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
  • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Day of death April 3, 1942

• The temperature on April 3, 1942 was between 1.2 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 2 » The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
  • August 13 » Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
  • August 15 » World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSOhio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
  • August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
  • September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
  • December 10 » World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)