Family tree Weening » Geert van Breeden (1869-1951)

Day of marriage May 19, 1894

• The temperature on May 19, 1894 was about 9.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
  • May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
  • June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
  • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
  • September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
  • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of death February 16, 1951

• The temperature on February 16, 1951 was between 0.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
  • March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
  • July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
  • November 1 » Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
  • December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.
  • December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)