Genealogy Spierenburg » Cornelis van der Wilt (1870-????)

Birthday January 9, 1870

• The temperature on January 9, 1870 was about 4.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic († 1939)
• 1870 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge († 1938)
• 1873 » Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet († 1934)
• 1873 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1938)
• 1873 » Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler († 1944)
• 1875 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art († 1942)