Eijsermans family tree » Johanna Bakkers (1836-1914)

Day of marriage May 4, 1871

• The temperature on May 4, 1871 was about 7.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
  • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
  • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
  • March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
  • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
  • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

Day of death June 1, 1914

• The temperature on June 1, 1914 was between 5.5 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
  • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 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)