Family tree Weening » Hendrikje Hendriks Pebesma (1873-1922)

Day of marriage January 13, 1898

• The temperature on January 13, 1898 was about 3.2 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
  • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
  • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
  • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".

Day of death May 25, 1922

• The temperature on May 25, 1922 was between 12.9 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
  • June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
  • October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
  • October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
  • November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
  • November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)