Eijsermans family tree » Josephus Adrianus Jansen (1882-1951)

Day of marriage August 10, 1904

• The temperature on August 10, 1904 was between 8.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
  • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
  • February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Day of death September 3, 1951

• The temperature on September 3, 1951 was between 10.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
  • February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
  • February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
  • June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
  • July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
  • November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)