Family tree van Frances Vraets en Guus Roijen » Hubertina Anna Penders (1897-????)

Birthday May 26, 1897

• The temperature on May 26, 1897 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
  • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
  • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
  • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
  • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
  • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1898 » Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1899 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1899 » Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1997)