Jan Borren » Wijn van den Brink (1861-1935)

Christening day September 15, 1861

• The temperature on September 15, 1861 was about 12.9 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 20 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
  • May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
  • July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
  • August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
  • November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
  • December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

Day of marriage February 21, 1890

• The temperature on February 21, 1890 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
  • July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
  • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
  • November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
  • November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
  • December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

Day of death November 13, 1935

• The temperature on November 13, 1935 was between 4.5 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
  • February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
  • April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
  • June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
  • October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
  • December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1929 » Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866)
• 1932 » Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (b. 1857)
• 1942 » Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Margaret Wise Brown, American author (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (b. 1881)