Family tree Weening » Helena Christina Margaretha Post (1897-????)

Birthday March 13, 1897

• The temperature on March 13, 1897 was about 2.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 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 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.
  • January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
  • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
  • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
  • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
  • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
  • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet and activist († 1937)
• 1898 » Henry Hathaway, American director and producer († 1985)
• 1899 » John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)
• 1899 » Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian pianist and composer († 1978)
• 1900 » Andrée Bosquet, Belgian painter († 1980)
• 1900 » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)