Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Gertruida van Dommelen (1867-????)

Birthday May 5, 1867

• The temperature on May 5, 1867 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
  • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
  • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
  • September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
  • November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
  • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author († 1922)
• 1865 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet († 1943)
• 1866 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman († 1938)
• 1869 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator († 1937)
• 1869 » Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)