Eijsermans family tree » Anna Maria de Hoon (1905-)

Birthday January 25, 1905

• The temperature on January 25, 1905 was between 0.2 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
  • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver and pilot († 1982)
• 1901 » Mildred Dunnock, American actress († 1991)
• 1905 » Margery Sharp, English author and educator († 1991)
• 1905 » Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal († 1985)
• 1906 » Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1976)
• 1908 » Hsieh Tung-min, Taiwanese politicians and Vice President of the Republic of China († 2001)