Family tree Pullen » Geertje Hutten (1895-1920)

Christening day July 28, 1895

• The temperature on July 28, 1895 was about 18.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
  • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
  • May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
  • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
  • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.

Day of marriage April 17, 1919

• The temperature on April 17, 1919 was between 3.9 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
  • February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
  • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
  • July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
  • September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
  • October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

Day of death May 2, 1920

• The temperature on May 2, 1920 was between 9.8 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
  • August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
  • August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
  • August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)