Genealogy Van Raam » Catharina van der Hoorn (1895-????)

Birthday December 18, 1895

• The temperature on December 18, 1895 was about -0.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
  • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
  • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
  • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
  • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
  • December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Gladys Cooper, English actress and singer († 1971)
• 1888 » Robert Moses, American urban planner († 1981)
• 1890 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio († 1954)
• 1896 » Gerald Barry, English colonel and cricketer († 1977)
• 1897 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1899 » Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian philosopher and author († 1990)