February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
Day of marriage May 23, 1935
The temperature on May 23, 1935 was between 9.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
May 6 » New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
Day of death January 19, 1969
The temperature on January 19, 1969 was between 2.4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
August 15 » The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
October 8 » The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
November 10 » National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: W.J. Oving, "Family tree Oving", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-oving/I49967.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "Albertus DORRESTIJN (1899-1969)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.