Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Gesina Specken (1900-1924)

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
• 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

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
• 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
  • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
  • May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
  • September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
  • October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
  • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.

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
• 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
  • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
  • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
  • May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
  • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
  • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)