Database Van Broekhoven » Franciscus Adrianus Hammen (1889-????)

Birthday March 19, 1889

• The temperature on March 19, 1889 was about 5.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator († 1976)
• 1888 » Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist († 1969)
• 1891 » Earl Warren, American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States († 1974)
• 1892 » Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter († 1961)
• 1892 » James Van Fleet, American general and diplomat († 1992)
• 1892 » Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art († 1967)