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Birthday April 18, 1896

• The temperature on April 18, 1896 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
  • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
  • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
  • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
  • September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
  • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Eugene Houdry, French-American mechanical engineer and inventor († 1962)
• 1893 » Violette Morris, French shot putter and discus thrower († 1944)
• 1897 » Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and cartographer († 2001)
• 1897 » Per-Erik Hedlund, Swedish skier († 1975)
• 1898 » Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman († 1981)
• 1900 » Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist († 1997)