The temperature on June 17, 1886 was about 11.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
Day of marriage September 20, 1917
The temperature on September 20, 1917 was between 13.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of death March 1, 1949
The temperature on March 1, 1949 was between 0.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
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/I59618.php : accessed March 9, 2026), "Bernard Hendrik WESTERVELD (1886-1949)".
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.