Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Anna Maria - Maria Teiken (1855-1923)

Christening day July 10, 1855

• The temperature on July 10, 1855 was about 26.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
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  De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
• From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
  • January 28 » A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
  • February 11 » Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
  • July 1 » Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
  • August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
  • September 3 » American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.

Day of death April 11, 1923

• The temperature on April 11, 1923 was between 2.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
  • January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
  • April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
  • May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
  • October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.

Day of burial April 16, 1923

• The temperature on April 16, 1923 was between 1.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
  • March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
  • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
  • June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
  • July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
  • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)