Family tree Vlassenroot, Leus, Breugelmans en Baeten » Simon Hipolytus de Smet (1850-1919)

Day of marriage May 10, 1871

• The temperature on May 10, 1871 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
  • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
  • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
  • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
  • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
  • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).

Day of death December 17, 1919

• The temperature on December 17, 1919 was between 0.1 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
  • April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
  • May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
  • June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
  • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
  • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)