FutureHistory » Franciscus Gustavus Pauwels (1889-1914)

Day of marriage June 7, 1909

• The temperature on June 7, 1909 was between 2.5 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
  • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

Day of death July 18, 1914

• The temperature on July 18, 1914 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
  • August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)