Eijsermans family tree » Maria Margaretha van Oirschot (1898-????)

Birthday March 21, 1898

• The temperature on March 21, 1898 was about 10.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
  • June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
  • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
  • October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1959)
• 1897 » Salvador Lutteroth, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre († 1987)
• 1897 » Sim Gokkes, Dutch composer and conductor († 1943)
• 1899 » Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1970)
• 1901 » Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat († 1958)
• 1902 » Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)