Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Johanna 'l Ecluse (1908-)

Birthday July 30, 1908

• The temperature on July 30, 1908 was between 10.0 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
  • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
  • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
  • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
  • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
  • December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.