Eijsermans family tree » Hendricus Johannes van Schendel (1898-????)

Birthday January 29, 1898

• The temperature on January 29, 1898 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 78 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
  • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
  • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator († 1975)
• 1892 » Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor († 1947)
• 1895 » Muna Lee, American poet and author († 1965)
• 1901 » Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network († 1965)
• 1901 » E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder († 1989)
• 1903 » Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher († 1994)