Family tree Weening » Elisabeth Cats (1870-1969)

Day of marriage November 12, 1898

• The temperature on November 12, 1898 was about 1.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
  • February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.

Day of death April 1, 1969

• The temperature on April 1, 1969 was between 2.1 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
  • April 22 » British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
  • May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
  • September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
  • October 17 » The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
  • October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)