Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Jan van Capelle (1893-????)

Birthday January 25, 1893

• The temperature on January 25, 1893 was about 2.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
  • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
  • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
  • August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
  • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
  • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer († 1954)
• 1895 » Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress († 1927)
• 1899 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1972)
• 1899 » Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)
• 1900 » István Fekete, Hungarian author († 1970)
• 1900 » Yōjirō Ishizaka, Japanese author and educator († 1986)