Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Hendrikus Martinus Maas (1893-????)

Birthday April 10, 1893

• The temperature on April 10, 1893 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
  • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
  • June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
  • August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
  • August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
  • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
  • 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 » Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1889 » Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1982)
• 1891 » Frank Barson, English footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1893 » Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist († 1969)
• 1894 » Ben Nicholson, British painter († 1982)
• 1897 » Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1990)