Clarke Family Tree » Joseph William PAYNE (1879-1880)

Birthday June 14, 1879

• The temperature on June 14, 1879 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
  • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
  • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
  • February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
  • April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
  • May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Ida MacLean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society († 1944)
• 1877 » Jane Bathori, French soprano († 1970)
• 1878 » Léon Thiébaut, French fencer († 1943)
• 1879 » Arthur Duffey, American sprinter and coach († 1955)
• 1884 » Georg Zacharias, German swimmer († 1953)
• 1884 » John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor († 1945)