Bevolkingsreconstructie Wesuwe » Johann Heinrich Neehus (1865-1903)

Christening day March 25, 1865

• The temperature on March 25, 1865 was about 3.1 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
  • April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
  • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
  • December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Day of death November 27, 1903

• The temperature on November 27, 1903 was between -0.7 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
  • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of burial November 30, 1903

• The temperature on November 30, 1903 was between -2.3 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1899 » Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
• 1908 » Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
• 1916 » Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)
• 1919 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)