Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Klaas Vermeer (1862-1918)

Christening day September 7, 1862

• The temperature on September 7, 1862 was about 15.9 °C. There was 4 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 92%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
  • April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
  • May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
  • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.

Day of death April 16, 1918

• The temperature on April 16, 1918 was between 5.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
  • April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
  • May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
  • July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
  • October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
  • December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)