Family tree Dusseljee » Antonia Gerarda van Bijlert (1867-1940)

Day of marriage November 18, 1898

• The temperature on November 18, 1898 was about 4.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
  • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
  • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
  • November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

Day of death November 3, 1940

• The temperature on November 3, 1940 was between 7.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 34.3 mm of rain during 17.6 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
  • June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
  • July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
  • August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
  • November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
  • November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1927 » Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1853)
• 1939 » Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1949 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (b. 1861)