Voorne, Putten en Rozenburg » Hendrik Jan van der Veen (1887-1914)

Day of marriage April 7, 1909

• The temperature on April 7, 1909 was between 1.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
  • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
  • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.

Day of death July 1, 1914

• The temperature on July 1, 1914 was between 14.7 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
• 1905 » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
• 1912 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)