# Nr Plaats Naam Voornamen Beroep-Plaats Leeftijd Vader Moeder Beroep-Ouders Datum-Overlijden Datum-Begrafenis Opmerkingen 132 13 Altharener Moor Specken Maria Gesina Haustochter 23 19000203 Specken Bernhard Heinr. Rolfes Margaretha Landwirt 19240822 19240825 Lungenleiden Die Beerdigung ist auf besonderen Wunsch der Angehörigen auf dem Friedhof in Rütenbrock erfolgt
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Christening day February 5, 1900
The temperature on February 5, 1900 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
Day of death August 22, 1924
The temperature on August 22, 1924 was between 9.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Day of burial August 25, 1924
The temperature on August 25, 1924 was between 9.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
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