Family tree Van Willigen » Helena Maria Kremers (1897-????)

Birthday July 23, 1897

• The temperature on July 23, 1897 was about 19.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
  • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
  • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
  • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
  • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
  • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Aileen Pringle, American actress († 1989)
• 1898 » Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer († 1941)
• 1898 » Daniel Cosío Villegas, Mexican historian, economist († 1976)
• 1898 » Herman Kruusenberg, Estonian wrestler († 1970)
• 1898 » Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist, journalist, and author († 1977)
• 1898 » Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1987)