Family tree familie Van Bart en familie Muurling » Joachim Willem Muurling (1846-1912)

Day of marriage August 19, 1875

• The temperature on August 19, 1875 was about 16.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
  • February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
  • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
  • July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
  • August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
  • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.

Day of death September 16, 1912

• The temperature on September 16, 1912 was between 5.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (40%). 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  • November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)