Genealogy Middeljans - Uitvlugt » Nn MIDDELJANS (1896-1896)

Birthday March 14, 1896

• The temperature on March 14, 1896 was about -1.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
  • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
  • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
  • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
  • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
  • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Sylvia Beach, American-French publisher, founded Shakespeare and Company († 1962)
• 1898 » Reginald Marsh, French-American painter and illustrator († 1954)
• 1899 » K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman, founded Irving Oil († 1992)
• 1901 » Sid Atkinson, South African hurdler and long jumper († 1977)
• 1903 » Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor († 1974)
• 1904 » Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer († 2010)