Berkemeijer Genealogie » Mathijs Joannes Hubertus Kiggen (1896-????)

Birthday December 18, 1896

• The temperature on December 18, 1896 was about -1.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
  • January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
  • 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.
  • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
  • August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

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)