Family tree Anthonis Cornelis Paeter Buijs » Maria Johanna Wijnen (1897-????)

Birthday April 16, 1897

• The temperature on April 16, 1897 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
  • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
  • 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.
  • September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1895 » Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup († 1988)
• 1896 » Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer († 1944)
• 1896 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist († 1952)
• 1899 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic († 1988)
• 1900 » Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author († 1962)