Family tree Klavers » Hendrik de Jong (1891-????)

Birthday November 26, 1891

• The temperature on November 26, 1891 was about -1.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
  • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
  • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
  • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
  • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
  • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1889 » Albert Dieudonné, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1891 » Scott Bradley, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1977)
• 1894 » James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal († 1974)
• 1894 » Norbert Wiener, American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher († 1964)
• 1895 » Bill W., American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1971)