Eijsermans family tree » N.N. Gijsbrechts (1896-1896)

Birthday October 13, 1896

• The temperature on October 13, 1896 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
  • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
  • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
  • 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 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist († 1968)
• 1891 » Irene Rich, American actress († 1988)
• 1893 » Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle († 1971)
• 1895 » Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager († 1978)
• 1899 » Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and race car driver († 1975)
• 1900 » Gerald Marks, American composer († 1997)