Database Schaap » Johanna Dirkje Driest (1870-????)

Birthday March 28, 1870

• The temperature on March 28, 1870 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1866 » Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer († 1902)
• 1868 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1936)
• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)