Eijsermans family tree » Engelberta Maria Vermeer (1896-????)

Birthday February 24, 1896

• The temperature on February 24, 1896 was about -5.3 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
  • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
  • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
  • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)
• 1896 » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer († 1983)
• 1900 » Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy († 1981)
• 1903 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright († 1967)