Genealogy N.P. Mantel » Laurentius Hendrikus Rutten (1903-)

Birthday August 14, 1903

• The temperature on August 14, 1903 was between 9.9 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (37%). Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
  • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer († 1980)
• 1900 » Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1975)
• 1901 » Alice Rivaz, Swiss pianist and author († 1998)
• 1903 » Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter and illustrator († 1995)
• 1910 » Willy Ronis, French photographer († 2009)