Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Marie Antoinette (Alice) Robillard (1893-????)

Birthday January 17, 1893

• The temperature on January 17, 1893 was about -14.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
  • January 13 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
  • January 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
  • February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
  • November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist († 1975)
• 1888 » Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author († 1963)
• 1897 » Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer († 1946)
• 1898 » Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian († 1972)
• 1899 » Al Capone, American mob boss († 1947)
• 1899 » Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic († 1977)