Family tree Heineken » Dingeman Wesseling (1851-1927)

Day of marriage February 27, 1879

• The temperature on February 27, 1879 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
  • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
  • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
  • July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
  • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).

Day of death March 16, 1927

• The temperature on March 16, 1927 was between -2.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
  • January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
• 1935 » Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
• 1935 » John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
• 1937 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)