Van Hoof Tree » Maria Anna Merks (1865-1938)
Personal data Maria Anna Merks
Source 1- She was born on August 12, 1865 in Zeelst.
- She died on April 23, 1938 in Eindhoven, she was 72 years old.
- A child of Arnoldus Merks and Johanna Maria Maasakkers
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- Merks Web Site, Theo Merks, Maria Anna Merks, July 17, 2016
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Historical events
Birthday August 12, 1865
- The temperature on August 12, 1865 was about 21.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
- April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
- April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
- April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
- May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
- December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Day of death April 23, 1938
- The temperature on April 23, 1938 was between 5.0 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
- March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
- May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
- June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
- September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
- November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
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- 1870 » Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist († 1925)
- 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
- 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
- 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
- 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
- 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
- 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
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