Family tree Plugboer » Rudolph Hendrik de Gooijer (1896-????)

Birthday August 23, 1896

• The temperature on August 23, 1896 was about 17.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
  • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1894 » John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier († 1959)
• 1897 » Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist († 1958)
• 1900 » Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator († 1991)
• 1900 » Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist († 2001)
• 1900 » Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist († 1978)