Family tree Onderwater-Sparidaens » Maria van Maaren (1840-1926)

Day of marriage September 11, 1862

• The temperature on September 11, 1862 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
  • March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
  • March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
  • April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
  • April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
  • December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Day of death November 29, 1926

• The temperature on November 29, 1926 was between -0.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
  • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
  • December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1939 » Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)