Database Van Broekhoven » Klaaske Boetje (1896-????)

Birthday November 13, 1896

• The temperature on November 13, 1896 was about 6.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
  • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1894 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1894 » Bennie Moten, American pianist and bandleader († 1935)
• 1897 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress († 1975)
• 1899 » Iskander Mirza, Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan († 1969)
• 1900 » David Marshall Williams, American convicted murderer and firearms designer († 1975)