Family tree Entjes » Albert Tangenberg (1867-1942)

Day of marriage April 20, 1888

• The temperature on April 20, 1888 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
  • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
  • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
  • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
  • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
  • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.

Day of death April 13, 1942

• The temperature on April 13, 1942 was between 3.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 30 » World War II: Battle of Ambon. Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are massacred at Laha airfield. Three-fourths of remaining POWs will not have survived by the end of the war, including 250 men who will be shipped to Hainan Island in South China Sea and never returned.
  • April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  • June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
  • July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
  • August 6 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
  • September 13 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
• 1941 » William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1945 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)