Genealogy Mundorff » Edward Frans ( Henneco ) Hennico (1897-????)

Birthday October 23, 1897

• The temperature on October 23, 1897 was about 13.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
  • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
  • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
  • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
  • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
  • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Rube Bressler, American baseball player († 1966)
• 1896 » André Lévêque, French soldier and engineer († 1930)
• 1896 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress († 1934)
• 1897 » John Baker, English air marshal († 1978)
• 1897 » Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish writer († 1975)
• 1899 » Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator († 1973)