Eijsermans family tree » Demina de Boer (1893-????)

Birthday February 1, 1893

• The temperature on February 1, 1893 was about 4.9 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 1893: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
  • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
  • July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
  • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
  • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War († 1942)
• 1894 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer († 1955)
• 1894 » John Ford, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1895 » Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman († 1980)
• 1897 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author († 1985)
• 1898 » Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author († 2012)