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Birthday May 26, 1893

• The temperature on May 26, 1893 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
  • June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
  • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
  • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
  • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
  • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)
• 1893 » Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer († 1962)
• 1895 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist († 1965)
• 1895 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer († 1971)
• 1898 » Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater († 1965)
• 1898 » Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)