Family tree Deuling » Leonardus Petrus van Hasselt (1897-????)

Birthday October 2, 1897

• The temperature on October 2, 1897 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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.
  • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
  • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
  • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
  • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
  • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
  • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor († 1977)
• 1893 » Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor († 1962)
• 1895 » Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel († 1990)
• 1897 » Bud Abbott, American comedian († 1974)
• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)