Eijsermans family tree » Maria Joanna Wilhelmina van Eijck (1896-????)

Birthday September 7, 1896

• The temperature on September 7, 1896 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
  • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
  • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
  • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1892 » Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer († 1958)
• 1893 » Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War († 1957)
• 1894 » George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer († 1984)
• 1894 » Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster († 1969)
• 1895 » Jacques Vaché, French author and poet († 1919)