1895
LIFE: Henriëtte Bosmans is born in Amsterdam on 6 December. Her father, Henri, is principal cellist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and her mother, Sara, is a concert pianist.
TIMES: Wrongfully convicted of leaking military secrets, Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish descent, is sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island.
1915
LIFE: Her debut as a concert pianist, in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 15 with the Utrecht Municipal Orchestra, sets in motion a career that will see her go on to perform widely across The Netherlands.
TIMES: Edith Cavell, a British nurse who has been assisting Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium to the Netherlands, is arrested by the Germans and executed by firing squad.
1948
LIFE: Turning her attention to song, she responds to repeated requests…