Family tree Van den Heuvel » Gerardus "Gerrit" (Gerardus "Gerrit") Splinter (1837-1896)

Day of marriage January 4, 1866

• The temperature on January 4, 1866 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
• From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
  • April 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
  • June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
  • July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
  • August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
  • September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.

Day of death December 22, 1896

• The temperature on December 22, 1896 was about -0.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
  • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
  • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
  • August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
  • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
  • December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)