Family tree Van Rijn » Geertruida "Geertje" Blankendaal (1861-1936)

Day of marriage April 30, 1885

• The temperature on April 30, 1885 was about 13.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
  • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.

Day of death September 24, 1936

• The temperature on September 24, 1936 was between 10.7 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • 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.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
  • December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
  • December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)
• 1933 » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)