Genealogy Van Heeren » Pieter Johannis REEDIJK (1873-????)

Birthday April 26, 1873

• The temperature on April 26, 1873 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
  • March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
  • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
  • May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
  • September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

Source: Wikipedia

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