Genealogy Slot » Jan Aaldert Mennink (1870-1926)

Day of marriage May 11, 1895

• The temperature on May 11, 1895 was about 15.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
  • April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
  • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
  • May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
  • June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.

Day of death March 11, 1926

• The temperature on March 11, 1926 was between 0.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
  • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
  • September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
  • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
• 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)