Family tree Menting » Arnoldus Hermanus Wolf (1870-1947)

Christening day March 16, 1870

• The temperature on March 16, 1870 was about 7.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
  • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Day of marriage November 24, 1892

• The temperature on November 24, 1892 was about -1.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
  • August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
  • September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
  • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
  • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

Day of death May 9, 1947

• The temperature on May 9, 1947 was between 11.4 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
  • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
  • September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
  • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)