Eijsermans family tree » Dymphna van Rijen (± 1916-1916)

Day of death December 19, 1916

• The temperature on December 19, 1916 was between -1.7 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
• 1927 » Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908)