Eijsermans family tree » Henriette Ignatia Mathilda Speekenbrink (1899-????)

Birthday October 8, 1899

• The temperature on October 8, 1899 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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.
  • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Zog I of Albania († 1961)
• 1896 » Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1897 » Marcel Herrand, French actor († 1953)
• 1897 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)