Family tree Hegeman » Johanna Alberdina Hoven- (1894-????)

Birthday December 20, 1894

• The temperature on December 20, 1894 was about 5.9 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
  • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
  • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
  • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
  • July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
  • September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1890 » Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer († 1958)
• 1891 » Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper († 1971)
• 1894 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia († 1978)
• 1898 » Irene Dunne, American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1898 » Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)