Family tree Klavers » Femmigje de Jonge (1862-1921)

Day of marriage January 3, 1885

• The temperature on January 3, 1885 was about -1.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

Day of death June 3, 1921

• The temperature on June 3, 1921 was between 14.5 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 25.2 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
  • August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
  • November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)