Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Heinrich Anton Teiken (1862-1944)

Christening day November 27, 1862

• The temperature on November 27, 1862 was about 3.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 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 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
  • February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
  • April 7 » American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
  • April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
  • May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.

Day of marriage August 22, 1882

• The temperature on August 22, 1882 was about 13.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
  • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
  • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
  • May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
  • October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
  • December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

Day of death March 5, 1944

• The temperature on March 5, 1944 was between -5.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
  • June 4 » World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
  • August 9 » Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
  • August 22 » World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
  • December 15 » World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.
  • December 18 » World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)