Kennedy Family Tree » Jane Isabella Morrison (1866-1939)

Day of marriage January 7, 1891

• The temperature on January 7, 1891 was about -3.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
  • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
  • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
  • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
  • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of death April 18, 1939

• The temperature on April 18, 1939 was between 3.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
  • February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
  • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
  • September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
  • September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
  • September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
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• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)