Clarke Family Tree » Adeline Cameron (1875-????)

Birthday November 30, 1875

• The temperature on November 30, 1875 was about -4.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
  • April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
  • May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
  • June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
  • October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1872 » John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet († 1918)
• 1873 » Božena Benešová, Czech author and poet († 1936)
• 1874 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, English-Canadian author and poet († 1942)
• 1874 » Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1875 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player († 1936)
• 1875 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia († 1941)