Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Lubbert Gerritsen (1866-1944)

Day of marriage October 26, 1888

• The temperature on October 26, 1888 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
  • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
  • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
  • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

Day of death July 22, 1944

• The temperature on July 22, 1944 was between 12.7 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • July 9 » World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
  • August 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
  • September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
  • September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
  • November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)