Eijsermans family tree » Adrianus Paulussen (1838-1913)

Day of marriage April 17, 1869

• The temperature on April 17, 1869 was about 11.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
  • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
  • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
  • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

Day of death May 3, 1913

• The temperature on May 3, 1913 was between 6.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
  • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)