Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Arie Konijnendijk (1898-????)

Birthday July 2, 1898

• The temperature on July 2, 1898 was about 11.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
  • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
  • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author († 1950)
• 1900 » Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera († 1966)
• 1900 » Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director († 1971)
• 1902 » Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist († 1987)
• 1902 » K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic († 1968)
• 1903 » Alec Douglas-Home, English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1995)