Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Cornelia Johanna PRETORIUS (1896-1901)

Christening day April 26, 1896

• The temperature on April 26, 1896 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
  • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
  • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
  • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
  • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
  • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
  • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

Day of death October 25, 1901

• The temperature on October 25, 1901 was between 5.4 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
  • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (b. 1870)
• 1910 » Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)
• 1916 » William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
• 1919 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (b. 1849)