Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Feye Andries Wagenaar (1893-????)

Birthday May 30, 1893

• The temperature on May 30, 1893 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
  • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
  • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
  • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
  • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
  • 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.
  • December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1936)
• 1892 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter († 1972)
• 1894 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1965)
• 1895 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer († 1956)
• 1896 » Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1897 » Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia († 1986)