Eijsermans family tree » Regina van Dun (1880-1968)

Day of marriage January 8, 1900

• The temperature on January 8, 1900 was about 4.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

Day of death June 13, 1968

• The temperature on June 13, 1968 was between 9.3 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
  • August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
  • October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
  • October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
  • November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
  • December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
• 1965 » David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (b. 1878)
• 1969 » Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)