Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Cornelia de Groot (1873-1945)

Day of marriage March 16, 1898

• The temperature on March 16, 1898 was about 10.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
  • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
  • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
  • August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
  • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Day of death September 2, 1945

• The temperature on September 2, 1945 was between 7.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • March 7 » World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.
  • April 1 » World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
  • April 27 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
  • April 29 » The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.
  • May 23 » World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
  • August 11 » Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Lloyd Seay, American race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1942 » James Juvenal, American rower (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (b. 1895)
• 1945 » Mason Phelps, American golfer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)