Genealogy Wylie » Johnie Elizabeth Hamrick Hamrick [Bu] (1879-1913)

Day of marriage August 1, 1906

• The temperature on August 1, 1906 was between 12.5 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
  • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

Day of death May 5, 1913

• The temperature on May 5, 1913 was between 4.7 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
  • February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)