Genealogy Zevenbergen » Bastiaantje van Prooijen (1896-????)

Birthday January 24, 1896

• The temperature on January 24, 1896 was about -2.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
  • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
  • August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
  • September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Walter Model, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1892 » Franz Aigner, Austrian weightlifter († 1970)
• 1895 » Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter († 1976)
• 1897 » Paul Fejos, Hungarian-born American director († 1963)
• 1899 » Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general († 1954)
• 1900 » René Guillot, French writer († 1969)