Family tree Van den Wyngaert » Maria Ludovica Lauwerijs (1892-????)

Birthday May 5, 1892

• The temperature on May 5, 1892 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
  • June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
  • August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
  • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
  • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)
• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)
• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)
• 1898 » Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player († 1959)
• 1898 » Elsie Eaves, American engineer († 1983)