Eijsermans family tree » Jasper Johannes van Turnhout (1898-????)

Birthday November 2, 1898

• The temperature on November 2, 1898 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
  • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
  • February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
  • June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
  • June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » David Townsend, American art director and set decorator († 1935)
• 1892 » Alice Brady, American actress († 1939)
• 1893 » Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company († 1966)
• 1894 » Alexander Lippisch, German-American aerodynamicist and engineer († 1976)
• 1899 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer († 1973)
• 1903 » Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)