Family tree Frank van der Ham » Jan Hendrik Nieuwenhuis (1896-????)

Birthday July 14, 1896

• The temperature on July 14, 1896 was about 22.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
  • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
  • September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
  • December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

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• 1893 » Clarence J. Brown, American publisher and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio († 1965)
• 1893 » Garimella Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author († 1952)
• 1894 » Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer († 1979)
• 1896 » Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish soldier and anarchist († 1936)
• 1898 » Happy Chandler, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky, second Commissioner of Baseball († 1991)
• 1901 » Gerald Finzi, English composer and academic († 1956)