Eijsermans family tree » Joseph van Gestel (1838-1908)

Day of marriage May 18, 1865

• The temperature on May 18, 1865 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
  • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
  • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
  • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
  • December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
  • December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

Day of death March 27, 1908

• The temperature on March 27, 1908 was between -1.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (50%). 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
  • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
  • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
• 1900 » Joseph A. Campbell, American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
• 1913 » Richard Montgomery Gano, American minister, physician, and general (b. 1830)
• 1918 » Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (b. 1881)