Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Johanna van Donkersgoed (1883-1949)

Day of marriage September 29, 1916

• The temperature on September 29, 1916 was between 9.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
  • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
  • November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
  • November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
  • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

Day of death May 22, 1949

• The temperature on May 22, 1949 was between 2.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
  • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
  • July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
  • September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
  • October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)