Dagosto/Dimirra/Weckerle/Kuhn Family Tree » Gottlieb Christian Bujer (1886-????)

Birthday January 17, 1886

• The temperature on January 17, 1886 was about 1.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
  • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
  • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1882 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor († 1946)
• 1883 » Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright († 1972)
• 1886 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company († 1955)
• 1887 » Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist († 1975)
• 1888 » Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author († 1963)