Family tree Simons » Antonia Josephina Simons (1887-1958)

Day of marriage May 9, 1814

• The temperature on May 9, 1814 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: winderig betrokken. Source: KNMI
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  De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
• In the year 1814: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 1 » Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
  • March 7 » Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
  • May 4 » King Ferdinand VII abolishes the Spanish Constitution of 1812, returning Spain to absolutism.
  • May 17 » The Constitution of Norway is signed and Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
  • August 14 » A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish–Norwegian War.
  • August 25 » War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.

Day of death August 11, 1958

• The temperature on August 11, 1958 was between 16.4 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 16.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The West Indies Federation is formed.
  • January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
  • May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
  • May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
  • May 27 » First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
  • December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

Day of burial August 14, 1958

• The temperature on August 14, 1958 was between 14.9 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
  • February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
  • March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
  • May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
  • July 9 » A 7.8 M_w  strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
  • December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)