Kramer Family Tree » Margot Otelie Andreasdatter Fjesme (1898-1898)

Birthday January 30, 1898

• The temperature on January 30, 1898 was about 4.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
  • December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
  • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright († 1937)
• 1899 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1900 » Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress († 1969)
• 1901 » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver († 1959)
• 1902 » Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar († 1983)
• 1910 » Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence († 2000)