Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Foekje de Graaf (1907-1911)

Day of death November 26, 1911

• The temperature on November 26, 1911 was between -2.3 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
  • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848)
• 1896 » Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (b. 1823)
• 1912 » Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (b. 1864)
• 1919 » Felipe Ángeles, Mexican general (b. 1868)
• 1926 » John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (b. 1855)