Birrell family tree » Janet Rodger Flockhart (1870-????)

Birthday September 28, 1870

• The temperature on September 28, 1870 was about 20.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1867 » Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan († 1952)
• 1867 » James Edwin Campbell, American poet, editor, short story writer and educator († 1896)
• 1868 » Evelyn Beatrice Hall, English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire, and wrote under the pseudonym S. G. Tallentyre († 1956)
• 1870 » Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic († 1958)
• 1877 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter († 1940)
• 1878 » Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1962)