Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Helena Maria van Galen (1871-????)

Birthday September 3, 1871

• The temperature on September 3, 1871 was about 15.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
  • January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
  • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
  • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
  • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
  • October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1856 » Louis Sullivan, American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building († 1924)
• 1869 » Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche († 1951)
• 1878 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player († 1960)
• 1882 » Johnny Douglas, English cricketer and boxer († 1930)
• 1887 » Frank Christian, American trumpet player († 1973)