Family tree Menting » Maria Anna Flintrop (1891-1940)

Day of marriage May 10, 1916

• The temperature on May 10, 1916 was between 1.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
  • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
  • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

Day of death September 20, 1940

• The temperature on September 20, 1940 was between 11.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • April 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
  • April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
  • May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
  • May 13 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
  • June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
  • August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)