Sickler Family Tree » Andrew Jackson Miles Sr (1832-1919)

Day of marriage October 25, 1899

• The temperature on October 25, 1899 was about 3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

Day of death January 13, 1919

• The temperature on January 13, 1919 was between 1.7 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
  • March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
  • May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
  • November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
  • November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
  • December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican military officer and president, 1913–1914 (b. 1850)
• 1923 » Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1929 » H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)