Eijsermans family tree » Adrianus Petrus Cornelius Melis (1891-????)

Birthday October 31, 1891

• The temperature on October 31, 1891 was about 1.2 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
  • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
  • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
  • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
  • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
  • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) († 1975)
• 1887 » Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player († 1970)
• 1888 » Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author († 1944)
• 1892 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author († 1946)
• 1895 » B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist († 1970)
• 1895 » Les Darcy, Australian boxer († 1917)