Family tree Van de Streek » Joost Adrianus Dekker (1869-1936)

Day of marriage August 21, 1897

• The temperature on August 21, 1897 was about 17.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
  • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
  • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
  • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
  • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
  • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

Day of death March 13, 1936

• The temperature on March 13, 1936 was between -1.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
  • October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
  • November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
  • December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Day of burial March 16, 1936

• The temperature on March 16, 1936 was between -0.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (29%). 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 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.
  • April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
  • December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)
• 1936 » Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851)
• 1938 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)