Family tree Slits » Johanna Maria Slits (1872-1936)

Day of marriage May 15, 1905

• The temperature on May 15, 1905 was between 6.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
  • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
  • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

Day of death February 27, 1936

• The temperature on February 27, 1936 was between 0.6 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
  • August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
  • August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
  • November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)