The temperature on December 18, 1875 was about 2.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
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).
January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Day of marriage May 26, 1900
The temperature on May 26, 1900 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
Day of death November 1, 1964
The temperature on November 1, 1964 was between 7.0 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971).
February 17 » In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
September 21 » Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
October 29 » The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
November 2 » King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Hans Weening, "Family tree Weening", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-weening/I46827.php : accessed October 19, 2026), "Wilko Boonstra (1875-1964)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.