Kramer Family Tree » Dortea Leonora Larsdatter, Birkeli, Eliasdatter (1877-1942)

Christening day October 7, 1877

• The temperature on October 7, 1877 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
  • May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
  • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
  • August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
  • October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
  • November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

Day of marriage January 7, 1906

• The temperature on January 7, 1906 was between 4.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Day of death November 7, 1942

• The temperature on November 7, 1942 was between 6.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
  • February 2 » The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
  • February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
  • March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
  • April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  • September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".

Day of burial November 15, 1942

• The temperature on November 15, 1942 was between 1.5 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
  • February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
  • February 10 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.
  • July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
  • July 25 » The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
  • October 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1930 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
• 1933 » Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)
• 1947 » K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)