Eijsermans family tree » Maria Adriana van Puijenbroek (1870-1943)

Day of marriage August 21, 1907

• The temperature on August 21, 1907 was between 7.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Day of death November 27, 1943

• The temperature on November 27, 1943 was between 1.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
  • April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
  • August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
  • September 7 » A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
  • October 22 » World War II: In the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
  • November 18 » World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
• 1936 » Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)
• 1944 » Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)