Family tree Klavers » Jan Lutke (1871-1942)

Day of marriage October 7, 1893

• The temperature on October 7, 1893 was about 11.7 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
  • June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
  • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
  • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
  • November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

Day of death April 29, 1942

• The temperature on April 29, 1942 was between 3.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
  • February 2 » The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
  • February 24 » The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
  • May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
  • October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
  • December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)