Dicker family tree » Theodorus Antonius Maria Dicker (1863-1940)

Day of marriage July 5, 1888

• The temperature on July 5, 1888 was about 18.3 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
  • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
  • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

Day of death December 27, 1940

• The temperature on December 27, 1940 was between 0.2 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 14 » World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
  • May 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
  • June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
  • July 6 » Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
  • July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
  • October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)