Family tree Menting » Johannes Fredericus "Jan" Wolf (1861-1937)

Day of marriage April 16, 1885

• The temperature on April 16, 1885 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 33%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

Day of death September 9, 1937

• The temperature on September 9, 1937 was between 7.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
  • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
  • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
  • September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
  • September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
• 1943 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)