Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Bartholomeus Jozephus Adrianus Divendal (1907-)

Birthday September 22, 1907

• The temperature on September 22, 1907 was between 5.2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Eugen Sänger, Czech-Austrian engineer († 1964)
• 1905 » Haakon Lie, Norwegian lawyer and politician († 2009)
• 1907 » Hermann Schlichting, German engineer and academic († 1982)
• 1907 » Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author († 2003)
• 1907 » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver († 1981)
• 1908 » Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator († 2002)