Family tree Kouters » Catharina Kouters (1861-1929)

Christening day August 27, 1861

• The temperature on August 27, 1861 was about 21.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
  • April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
  • May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
  • 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 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
  • November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

Day of marriage January 16, 1891

• The temperature on January 16, 1891 was about -6.2 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
  • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
  • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
  • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
  • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
  • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
  • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.

Day of death April 3, 1929

• The temperature on April 3, 1929 was between -1.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
  • February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
  • April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
  • April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
  • June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
  • December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1930 » Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)