Family tree Weening » Pieter Folkersma (1878-1927)

Christening day November 10, 1878

• The temperature on November 10, 1878 was about 5.3 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
  • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
  • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of marriage August 12, 1905

• The temperature on August 12, 1905 was between 8.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
  • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
  • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

Day of death December 20, 1927

• The temperature on December 20, 1927 was between -12.5 °C and -6.7 °C and averaged -10.1 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
  • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
  • April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
  • May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
  • August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)