Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Johann Hermann Kuper (1878-1916)

Christening day May 29, 1878

• The temperature on May 29, 1878 was about 15.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
  • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
  • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

Day of death January 15, 1916

• The temperature on January 15, 1916 was between 2.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
  • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

Day of burial January 19, 1916

• The temperature on January 19, 1916 was between 6.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
  • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
  • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
  • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
  • December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.
  • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)