Family tree Jonker, van den Burg, Half, Mol, Schaaders, e.a. » Leendert Johannes Colijn (1898-????)

Birthday May 17, 1898

• The temperature on May 17, 1898 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
  • August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
  • October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
  • November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player († 1936)
• 1895 » Saul Adler, Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist († 1966)
• 1897 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1898 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter († 1992)
• 1899 » Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer († 1979)
• 1901 » Werner Egk, German pianist and composer († 1983)