Family tree Ro(o)vers » Aline Marthe Lesavre (1896-????)

Birthday July 9, 1896

• The temperature on July 9, 1896 was about 21.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
  • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1887 » Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter († 1918)
• 1889 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee († 1964)
• 1893 » George Geary, English cricketer and coach († 1981)
• 1901 » Barbara Cartland, prolific English author († 2000)
• 1902 » Peter Acland, English soldier († 1993)