Family tree Weening » Hiltje Jitzes van der Heide (1852-1932)

Day of marriage June 7, 1877

• The temperature on June 7, 1877 was about 18.8 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• 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 year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
  • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
  • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
  • November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
  • November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
  • December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.

Day of death July 27, 1932

• The temperature on July 27, 1932 was between 11.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
  • June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
  • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
  • July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
  • July 29 » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)
• 1924 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848)
• 1938 » Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)