Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Johannes Wernardus de Weerd (1857-1926)

Day of marriage May 26, 1883

• The temperature on May 26, 1883 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 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 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 year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
  • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

Day of death June 3, 1926

• The temperature on June 3, 1926 was between 10.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
  • November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)