Kramer Family Tree » Michiel Cornelis van Geems (1891-1925)

Christening day February 10, 1892

• The temperature on February 10, 1892 was about 1.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
  • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
  • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
  • November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.

Day of death February 17, 1925

• The temperature on February 17, 1925 was between 2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • April 26 » Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
  • April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
  • May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
  • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
  • September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)