Genealogische gegevens uit Noord-Oost Overijssel » Janna Nijkamp (1867-1947)

Christening day March 2, 1867

• The temperature on March 2, 1867 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
  • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
  • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
  • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
  • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
  • December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

Day of marriage May 11, 1892

• The temperature on May 11, 1892 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
  • July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
  • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
  • September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
  • September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.

Day of death March 6, 1947

• The temperature on March 6, 1947 was between -2.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
  • March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
  • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
  • July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1950 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)