Family tree Waslander » Jacobus de Niet (1873-1955)

Day of marriage January 6, 1879

• The temperature on January 6, 1879 was about 3.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
  • January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
  • March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
  • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
  • July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
  • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

Day of death May 29, 1955

• The temperature on May 29, 1955 was between 6.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
  • May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
  • May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
  • June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
  • October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
  • November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)