Tree of René » Ola Persson Lindahl (1862-1917)

Christening day June 15, 1862

• The temperature on June 15, 1862 was about 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
  • March 7 » American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
  • April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
  • July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
  • July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
  • August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

Day of marriage October 29, 1886

• The temperature on October 29, 1886 was about 14.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
  • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
  • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

Day of death August 18, 1917

• The temperature on August 18, 1917 was between 12.8 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
  • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
  • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
  • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)