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Household of William Goodsell Rockefeller

He is married to Sarah Elizabeth Stillman.

They got married on November 21, 1895, he was 25 years old.


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    Birthday May 21, 1870

    • The temperature on May 21, 1870 was about 24.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
      • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
      • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
      • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
      • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
      • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

    Day of marriage November 21, 1895

    • The temperature on November 21, 1895 was about 2.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
      • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
      • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
      • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
      • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
      • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

    Day of death November 30, 1922

    • The temperature on November 30, 1922 was between 6.3 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • 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 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
      • June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
      • July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
      • August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
      • October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
      • December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
      • December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
    

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