About the day » Saturday April 8, 1893Calender converter
April 7, 1893Died on Saturday April 8, 1893
- Apolonia Slootweg (85), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
- Annigje Gort (51)
- Anna van Gils (77), Zevenbergen
- de Beer (93), Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
- Antje van Marwijk (73), Nijmegen
- Antje van Merwijk (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Antonius Jacobus van Wees (0), Tilburg
- Andreas Hubertus Cremers (66), Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands
- Anna Van Gils (77), Zevenbergen, Nederland
- Abraham Nathan Bonefang (127), Petrópolis, RJ, Brasil
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 8, 1893 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
Born on April 8
- 1885 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator († 1951)
- 1886 » Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright († 1967)
- 1888 » Dennis Chávez, American journalist and politician († 1962)
- 1889 » Adrian Boult, English conductor († 1983)
- 1892 » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists († 1979)
- 1892 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records († 1970)
- 1896 » Yip Harburg, American composer († 1981)
- 1900 » Marie Byles, Australian solicitor († 1979)
- 1902 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer († 1924)
- 1902 » Maria Maksakova Sr., Russian soprano († 1974)
Died on April 8
- 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
- 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
- 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
- 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
- 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
- 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
- 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
- 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
- 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
- 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
Names that were popular for boys in 1893
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
- Gerardus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1893
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Helena
- Christina
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1893
- 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.
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
- April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
- August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
- August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
- September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
- November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
The weather on Saturday April 8, 1893
The temperature on April 8, 1893 was about 8.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI