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Born on Thursday April 18, 1895
Died on Thursday April 18, 1895

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 18, 1895 at Delpher


Born on April 18
  • 1888 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)
  • 1889 » Jessie Street, Australian activist († 1970)
  • 1892 » Eugene Houdry, French-American mechanical engineer and inventor († 1962)
  • 1893 » Violette Morris, French shot putter and discus thrower († 1944)
  • 1897 » Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and cartographer († 2001)
  • 1897 » Per-Erik Hedlund, Swedish skier († 1975)
  • 1898 » Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman († 1981)
  • 1900 » Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist († 1997)
  • 1901 » Al Lewis, American songwriter († 1967)
  • 1901 » László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright († 1975)

Died on April 18

Names that were popular for boys in 1895
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Jacob
  9. Jacobus
  10. Petrus
  11. Adrianus
  12. Dirk
  13. Arie
  14. Wilhelmus
  15. Hendrikus
  16. Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1895
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Hendrika
  8. Adriana
  9. Catharina
  10. Aaltje
  11. Grietje
  12. Jacoba
  13. Geertruida
  14. Neeltje
  15. Petronella
  16. Trijntje

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1895
  • 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.
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
  • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
  • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
  • November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
Weather April 18, 1895

The temperature on April 18, 1895 was about 11.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.

Source: KNMI