Family tree Stempher » Willem Martinus Bessels (1911-1912)
Personal data Willem Martinus Bessels
- He was born on May 20, 1911 in Deventer.
- He died on May 12, 1912 in Deventer.
- A child of Derkje Stempher
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Birthday May 20, 1911
- The temperature on May 20, 1911 was between 8.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
- May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
- June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
- August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
- November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
- December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of death May 12, 1912
- The temperature on May 12, 1912 was between 8.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
- April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
- April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
- October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
- October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
- December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
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