The temperature on May 18, 1866 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. Source: KNMI
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 Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
Day of death February 15, 1911
The temperature on February 15, 1911 was between -2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Cock Rijerkerk, "Genealogy Rijerkerk - Bronner", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogie-rijerkerk-bronner/I35056.php : accessed May 30, 2024), "Jantje WITTING (± 1840-1911)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.