Genealogy Boddé » Petrus Johannes van Dijken (1892-????)

Birthday October 25, 1892

• The temperature on October 25, 1892 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
  • July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
  • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
  • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
  • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1891 » Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American priest and radio host († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Elmendorff, German conductor († 1962)
• 1892 » Nell Shipman, Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer († 1970)
• 1894 » Claude Cahun, French photographer and sculptor († 1954)