Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis Braspenning (1886-????)

Birthday March 16, 1886

• The temperature on March 16, 1886 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
  • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
  • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author († 1960)
• 1885 » Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist († 1943)
• 1885 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor († 1965)
• 1886 » Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player († 1951)
• 1887 » Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner († 1925)
• 1887 » S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)