Family tree Eijskoot » Elizabeth van Ockenburg (1885-????)

Birthday March 23, 1885

• The temperature on March 23, 1885 was about 4.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Joseph Boxhall, English sailor († 1967)
• 1885 » Platt Adams, American jumper and politician († 1961)
• 1885 » Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) († 1962)
• 1886 » Frank Irons, American long jumper († 1942)
• 1887 » Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet († 1945)
• 1887 » Rudolf Kinau, German author († 1975)