Genealogieën Bex/Vromen/Overhof(f)/Herings » Jan Hubert VROOMEN (1863-1928)

Christening day April 9, 1863

• The temperature on April 9, 1863 was about 13.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
  • September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
  • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
  • October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

Day of marriage February 7, 1891

• The temperature on February 7, 1891 was about 3.1 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
  • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
  • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
  • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
  • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
  • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.

Day of death January 29, 1928

• The temperature on January 29, 1928 was between 1.0 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

Day of burial February 2, 1928

• The temperature on February 2, 1928 was between 0.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)