The Brown Tree » Francis CLAYBURN (1883-1941)

Day of marriage February 13, 1907

• The temperature on February 13, 1907 was between 1.8 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.

Day of death June 4, 1941

• The temperature on June 4, 1941 was between 11.4 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • March 25 » The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
  • March 29 » World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
  • May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
  • May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
  • December 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
  • December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)
• 1933 » Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)
• 1941 » Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and politician (b. 1904)
• 1951 » Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1874)