Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Adriaan Jacob Sorber (1898-????)

Birthday March 12, 1898

• The temperature on March 12, 1898 was about 9.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
  • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
  • June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
  • August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
  • September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1976)
• 1898 » Luitpold Steidle, German army officer and politician († 1984)
• 1898 » Tian Han, Chinese playwright († 1968)
• 1899 » Ramón Muttis, Argentine footballer († 1955)
• 1900 » Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia († 1975)
• 1900 » Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete († 1972)