Genealogy Van der Veen-De Vries » Frans Jozeph Westhof Jozephs (1893-????)

Birthday March 21, 1893

• The temperature on March 21, 1893 was about 4.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
  • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
  • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
  • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1889 » Jock Sutherland, American football player and coach († 1948)
• 1896 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1959)
• 1897 » Salvador Lutteroth, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre († 1987)
• 1897 » Sim Gokkes, Dutch composer and conductor († 1943)