Familie Van Eijk tak Stompwijk » Simon Johannes van Eijk (1895-????)

Birthday October 31, 1895

• The temperature on October 31, 1895 was about 2.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
  • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
  • June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
  • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
  • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
  • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author († 1946)
• 1895 » B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist († 1970)
• 1895 » Les Darcy, Australian boxer († 1917)
• 1896 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1897 » Constance Savery, English author († 1999)
• 1900 » Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor († 1976)