Family tree Decloedt » Edmondus Alexis MAESEN (1876-1947)

Day of marriage November 10, 1899

• The temperature on November 10, 1899 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Day of death November 11, 1947

• The temperature on November 11, 1947 was between 6.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
  • February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
  • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
  • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
  • December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Day of burial November 15, 1947

• The temperature on November 15, 1947 was between 3.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
  • August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Muhittin Akyüz, Turkish general and diplomat (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Munir Ertegun, Turkish diplomat (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Jerome Kern, American composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Minister (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1866)