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Household of "Wilhelm" Friedrich Heinrich zu Wied

He is married to Sophie von Schönburg-Waldenburg.

They got married on November 30, 1906 at Waldenburg, Allemagne, he was 30 years old.


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Birthday March 26, 1876

  • The temperature on March 26, 1876 was about -0.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
    • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
    • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
    • November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.

Day of marriage November 30, 1906

  • The temperature on November 30, 1906 was between 5.1 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. 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.
    • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
    • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
    • 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 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
    • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Day of death May 18, 1945

  • The temperature on May 18, 1945 was between 9.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 23 » World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
    • April 8 » World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis.
    • April 16 » World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
    • May 1 » World War II: Forces of the Soviet Red Army liberate Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany.
    • May 4 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.
    • August 14 » The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.


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