Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Johanna Arendina Petersen (1895-????)

Birthday February 8, 1895

• The temperature on February 8, 1895 was about -7.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
  • May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
  • June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
  • November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)