Genealogische gegevens uit Noord-Oost Overijssel » Albert Jacobus de Jonge (1901-)

Birthday April 10, 1901

• The temperature on April 10, 1901 was between 5.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (41%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
  • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Ben Nicholson, British painter († 1982)
• 1897 » Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1990)
• 1900 » Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist († 2004)
• 1901 » Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, Indian economist († 1971)
• 1903 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator († 1970)
• 1906 » Steve Anderson, American hurdler († 1988)