Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Klaasje Hendriksen (1853-1943)

Day of marriage May 15, 1880

• The temperature on May 15, 1880 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
  • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
  • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
  • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Day of death January 14, 1943

• The temperature on January 14, 1943 was between 0.5 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 17.7 mm of rain during 10.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
  • June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
  • September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
  • November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
  • December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)