Eijsermans family tree » Martinus Corn.s Allouisius Borrenbergs (1902-)

Birthday February 5, 1902

• The average temperature on February 5, 1902 was -0.5 °C. 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 year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)
• 1906 » John Carradine, American actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician († 2007)