Genealogy Kaas » Albertus de Bree (1866-1925)

Day of marriage July 6, 1916

• The temperature on July 6, 1916 was between 12.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
  • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
  • October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
  • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

Day of death February 23, 1925

• The temperature on February 23, 1925 was between -3.2 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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 Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
  • April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
  • July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
  • August 5 » Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
  • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)