Descendants Dengerink of Dingerink » Hendrik Zwerus (1836-1899)

Day of marriage May 18, 1861

• The temperature on May 18, 1861 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
  • March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
  • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
  • July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
  • August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
  • October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day

Day of death April 8, 1899

• The temperature on April 8, 1899 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)