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Birthday March 19, 1894

• The temperature on March 19, 1894 was about 1.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
  • July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
  • August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
  • August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
  • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
  • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

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• 1888 » Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator († 1976)
• 1891 » Earl Warren, American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States († 1974)
• 1892 » Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter († 1961)
• 1892 » James Van Fleet, American general and diplomat († 1992)
• 1892 » Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art († 1967)
• 1894 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and singer († 1975)