Family tree Hendrickx, van Lieshout, Hartogs, Bouwels » Henricus Hubertus Theelen (20.2.3) (1897-????)

Birthday October 26, 1897

• The temperature on October 26, 1897 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
  • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
  • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
  • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
  • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
  • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author († 1977)
• 1894 » Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses († 1988)
• 1899 » Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1900 » Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan († 1983)
• 1900 » Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist († 1941)
• 1902 » Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author († 1986)