Database Admiraal » Berendina van der Weide (1895-????)

Birthday November 2, 1895

• The temperature on November 2, 1895 was about 0.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
  • January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna († 1933)
• 1891 » David Townsend, American art director and set decorator († 1935)
• 1892 » Alice Brady, American actress († 1939)
• 1893 » Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company († 1966)
• 1894 » Alexander Lippisch, German-American aerodynamicist and engineer († 1976)
• 1899 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer († 1973)