Family tree Visscher en Feijen » Johannes de Heij (1844-1914)

Day of marriage January 5, 1869

• The temperature on January 5, 1869 was about 6.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.

Day of death February 3, 1914

• The temperature on February 3, 1914 was between -0.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
  • September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)