Dehmel/Demel Family Tree » Stewart Wiilson Feltis (1888-< 1968)

Birthday August 18, 1888

• The temperature on August 18, 1888 was about 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
  • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
  • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
  • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
  • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
• 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
• 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
• 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1893 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer († 1973)
• 1896 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director († 1933)