Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Marijke - Maria Posthuma Smit (1839-1916)

Day of marriage July 2, 1863

• The temperature on July 2, 1863 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
  • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
  • July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
  • August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
  • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

Day of death March 15, 1916

• The temperature on March 15, 1916 was between 3.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
  • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)