Eijsermans family tree » Bartholomeus Johannes Verlegh (1892-????)

Birthday January 9, 1892

• The temperature on January 9, 1892 was about -2.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
  • September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
  • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
  • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
  • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright († 1969)
• 1890 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright († 1938)
• 1890 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author († 1935)
• 1891 » August Gailit, Estonian journalist and author († 1960)
• 1892 » Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician († 1985)
• 1893 » Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind († 1968)