Genealogy Bodmer, Sluis en Van de Burgt » Cornelis van DIJKE (1905-)

Birthday May 14, 1905

• The temperature on May 14, 1905 was between 4.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
  • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
  • November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1904 » Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator († 1973)
• 1904 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist († 1961)
• 1905 » Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver († 1981)
• 1905 » Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist († 1989)
• 1905 » Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian († 1974)