Bißmeyer-Bissmeyer-Bismeyer-Bismeijer Family » Johannes van Bruggen (1895-????)

Birthday June 30, 1895

• The temperature on June 30, 1895 was about 20.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
  • 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 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
  • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
  • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
  • 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

• 1891 » Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager († 1966)
• 1891 » Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant († 1953)
• 1891 » Stanley Spencer, English painter († 1959)
• 1892 » Pierre Blanchar, Algerian-French actor and director († 1963)
• 1893 » Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician († 1973)
• 1895 » Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator († 1983)