Family tree De Duffelt » Fennigje "1840 " van Elburg (1840-1929)

Day of marriage March 20, 1873

• The temperature on March 20, 1873 was about 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
  • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
  • May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
  • September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
  • November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

Day of death March 8, 1929

• The temperature on March 8, 1929 was between -2.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (73%). 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
  • June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
  • August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
  • August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
  • September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
  • December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)