Parentele of Bernt Killen » Hendrika van de Berkt (1887-????)

Birthday January 22, 1887

• The temperature on January 22, 1887 was about 2.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. 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)
• 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
  • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
  • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
  • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1961)
• 1887 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author († 1972)
• 1889 » Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager († 1979)
• 1889 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist († 1935)
• 1890 » Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States († 1953)
• 1891 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician († 1937)