Family tree Dijkxhoorn » Hindriktje (Henrietta) Jager (1867-1929)

Day of marriage December 28, 1885

• The temperature on December 28, 1885 was about 3.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
  • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
  • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

Day of death June 1, 1929

• The temperature on June 1, 1929 was between 6.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (60%). 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 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.
  • January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
  • January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
  • February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
  • 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.
  • November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
• 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general († 1857)
• 1938 » Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
• 1941 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)