Family tree Ham » Jan van der Laan (1879-1936)

Day of marriage May 4, 1901

• The temperature on May 4, 1901 was between 5.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Day of death April 13, 1936

• The temperature on April 13, 1936 was between -1.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
  • December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
• 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)