Family tree Willy Schutte » Susanna Helena Hake (1892-1916)

Christening day August 25, 1892

• The temperature on August 25, 1892 was about 18.8 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
  • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
  • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
  • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Day of death August 5, 1916

• The temperature on August 5, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
  • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
  • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)