Zijper families » Christiaan Jacobus Burgers (1902-)

Birthday February 9, 1902

• The temperature on February 9, 1902 was between -0.9 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (61%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot († 1935)
• 1898 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator († 1927)
• 1901 » Brian Donlevy, American actor († 1972)
• 1901 » James Murray, American actor († 1936)
• 1905 » David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician († 1981)
• 1906 » André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist († 1999)