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Day of marriage April 11, 1888

• The temperature on April 11, 1888 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
  • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
  • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
  • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
  • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
  • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Day of death February 18, 1944

• The temperature on February 18, 1944 was between -3 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
  • June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
  • June 17 » Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
  • August 10 » World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.
  • August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
  • October 26 » World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.

Day of burial February 22, 1944

• The temperature on February 22, 1944 was between -2.7 and 4.0 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • June 25 » World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
  • July 21 » World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
  • July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
  • August 4 » The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
  • September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
  • September 9 » World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)