Family tree van Betuw-Algera-Prins-Pieper-Koldeweij-de Goeij-Zweegers » Bernardus Alferink (1844-1922)

Day of marriage May 1, 1891

• The temperature on May 1, 1891 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
  • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
  • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
  • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
  • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of death January 17, 1922

• The temperature on January 17, 1922 was between -0.1 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
  • March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
  • April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
  • July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
  • October 28 » Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
  • December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
• 1927 » Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)