Eijsermans family tree » Henrica Maria Ludovica Mertens (1898-????)

Birthday September 28, 1898

• The temperature on September 28, 1898 was about 12.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
  • June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
  • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
  • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
  • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
  • November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright († 1984)
• 1893 » Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician († 1973)
• 1898 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician († 1957)
• 1900 » Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII († 1951)
• 1901 » Ed Sullivan, American television host († 1974)
• 1901 » William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS († 1990)