Family tree Weening » Gerben Pieters van Manen (1836-1915)

Day of marriage May 6, 1871

• The temperature on May 6, 1871 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
  • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
  • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
  • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
  • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

Day of death June 25, 1915

• The temperature on June 25, 1915 was between 10.8 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
  • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
  • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)
• 1912 » Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1917 » Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1867)
• 1922 » Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (b. 1882)