Family tree Kuurstra en Gordijn » Lion van Gelderen (1893-????)

Birthday November 23, 1893

• The temperature on November 23, 1893 was about 1.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
  • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
  • July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
  • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
  • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Harry Sunderland, Australian-English journalist and businessman († 1964)
• 1890 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect († 1941)
• 1892 » Erté, Russian-French illustrator and designer († 1990)
• 1896 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic († 1953)
• 1896 » Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna († 1960)
• 1897 » Nirad C. Chaudhuri, British-Indian historian, author, and critic († 1999)