Eijsermans family tree » Maria Louisa Verhoeven (1848-1919)

Day of marriage January 20, 1883

• The temperature on January 20, 1883 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
  • May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
  • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
  • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
  • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
  • December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

Day of death September 7, 1919

• The temperature on September 7, 1919 was between 10.1 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
  • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
  • May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
  • July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1910 » William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (b. 1827)
• 1920 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1862)