Marree family tree » Cornelis Hanselaar (1860-1943)

Day of marriage June 27, 1883

• The temperature on June 27, 1883 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
  • May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
  • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
  • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
  • December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

Day of death September 27, 1943

• The temperature on September 27, 1943 was between 2.5 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
  • February 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
  • March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  • August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
  • October 17 » The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
  • November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Alan Gray, English composer and organist (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)