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Birthday January 9, 1893

• The temperature on January 9, 1893 was about 0.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
  • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
  • September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
  • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
  • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
  • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
  • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright († 1938)
• 1890 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author († 1935)
• 1891 » August Gailit, Estonian journalist and author († 1960)
• 1892 » Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician († 1985)
• 1893 » Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind († 1968)
• 1896 » Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director († 1971)