FutureHistory » Petrus Joannes "Pierre" (Petrus Joannes "Pierre") van Landeghem (1868-1916)

Day of marriage May 30, 1899

• The temperature on May 30, 1899 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • 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 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.

Day of death September 25, 1916

• The temperature on September 25, 1916 was between 4.0 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
  • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
  • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (b. 1853)
• 1917 » Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer, and rebel commander (b. 1885)
• 1918 » Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862)
• 1928 » Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (b. 1863)
• 1929 » Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)