Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Joanna van Helvoort (1893-????)

Birthday April 13, 1893

• The temperature on April 13, 1893 was about 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
  • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • 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.
  • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
  • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
  • September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
  • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1921)
• 1891 » Nella Larsen, Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author († 1964)
• 1892 » Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented Radar († 1973)
• 1892 » Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, English air marshal († 1984)
• 1894 » Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia († 1973)
• 1894 » Joie Ray, American runner († 1978)