Dingeman Hendrikse Legacy » Annigje Baartje van der Ham (1889-????)

Birthday November 16, 1889

• The temperature on November 16, 1889 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
  • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)
• 1890 » Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines († 1956)
• 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)
• 1892 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1953)