Eijsermans family tree » Hendrina Johanna Geerts (1899-????)

Birthday April 6, 1899

• The temperature on April 6, 1899 was about 8.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1898 » Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author († 1920)
• 1900 » Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist († 1925)
• 1902 » Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1903 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager († 1962)