Family tree Van Luijk » de Visser (1893)

Birthday May 11, 1893

• The temperature on May 11, 1893 was about 15.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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.
  • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
  • January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
  • February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
  • June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
  • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
  • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete († 1984)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)
• 1894 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer († 1991)
• 1895 » Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player († 1978)
• 1895 » William Grant Still, American composer and conductor († 1978)
• 1896 » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic († 1955)