Harris-Vessie Tree » Peter Daniel Pillone (1896-1975)

Birthday July 9, 1896

• The temperature on July 9, 1896 was about 21.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
  • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
  • 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 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
  • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
  • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1887 » Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter († 1918)
• 1889 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee († 1964)
• 1893 » George Geary, English cricketer and coach († 1981)
• 1901 » Barbara Cartland, prolific English author († 2000)
• 1902 » Peter Acland, English soldier († 1993)