Genealogy Spierenburg » Anna Spierenburg (1884-????)

Birthday June 18, 1884

• The temperature on June 18, 1884 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer († 1956)
• 1882 » Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria († 1949)
• 1884 » Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1970)
• 1886 » Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist († 1978)
• 1886 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer († 1924)
• 1887 » Tancrède Labbé, Canadian businessman and politician († 1956)