Ivey family tree (Van Soelen) » Flavius Waterman (1736-1778)

Christening day May 23, 1936

• The temperature on May 23, 1936 was between 2.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
  • August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
  • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
  • September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
  • November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
  • December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.

Day of death July 3, 1778

• The temperature on July 3, 1778 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
  • February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
  • July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
  • November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1749 » William Jones, Welsh-English mathematician and academic (b. 1675)
• 1790 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1736)
• 1795 » Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
• 1795 » Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar and author (b. 1714)
• 1809 » Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
• 1863 » George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)