Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Clemens Bentlage (1865-1930)

Christening day August 9, 1865

• The temperature on August 9, 1865 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
  • April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
  • April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
  • December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

Day of marriage December 18, 1900

• The temperature on December 18, 1900 was about 3.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

Day of death April 22, 1930

• The temperature on April 22, 1930 was between 2.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
  • April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
  • May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
  • June 1 » The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
  • October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
  • December 29 » Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)