Bißmeyer-Bissmeyer-Bismeyer-Bismeijer Family » Franciscus Ludovicus Venderbos (1870-????)

Birthday January 26, 1870

• The temperature on January 26, 1870 was about 1.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
  • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Louis Anquetin, French painter († 1932)
• 1864 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist († 1934)
• 1866 » John Cady, American golfer († 1933)
• 1877 » Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter († 1968)
• 1878 » Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach († 1948)
• 1880 » Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)