Family tree Weening » Geertje Rispens (1896-1919)

Day of marriage May 4, 1917

• The temperature on May 4, 1917 was between 6.7 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
  • May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.

Day of death November 19, 1919

• The temperature on November 19, 1919 was between 1.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
  • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
  • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
  • July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
  • August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
  • October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist (b. 1879)
• 1918 » Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838)
• 1924 » Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1928 » Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864)
• 1931 » Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897)