1001 Stambomen en vele Hollandgänger van Johan Scholte » Johanna Tecla Schoenmakers geb Schroër (1897-????)

Birthday July 5, 1897

• The temperature on July 5, 1897 was about 19.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
  • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
  • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
  • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
  • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
  • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

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• 1894 » Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director († 1973)
• 1896 » Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia († 1981)
• 1898 » Georgios Grivas, Greek general († 1974)
• 1899 » Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter, and author († 1974)
• 1900 » Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal († 1987)
• 1900 » Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist, founded the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology († 1989)