Broersma Family Tree » Hattie Vanderiet (1896-1973)

Birthday March 22, 1896

• The temperature on March 22, 1896 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
  • 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 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
  • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Charlie Poole, American country banjo player († 1931)
• 1892 » Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar († 1970)
• 1896 » He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1969)
• 1896 » Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor († 1964)
• 1899 » Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer († 1991)
• 1901 » Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter († 1991)