Family tree Weening » Maria Wilhelmina Weenink (1897-????)

Birthday September 13, 1897

• The temperature on September 13, 1897 was about 17.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
  • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
  • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
  • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
  • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
  • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright († 1984)
• 1894 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet, playwright, and director († 1953)
• 1895 » Morris Kirksey, American rugby player and sprinter († 1981)
• 1898 » C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1964)
• 1898 » Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer († 1963)
• 1899 » Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician († 1938)