Family tree Drenth » Engbertus Hindrikus Gerardus Homveld (1883-????)

Birthday October 12, 1883

• The temperature on October 12, 1883 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
  • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
  • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager († 1942)
• 1875 » Aleister Crowley, English magician and author († 1947)
• 1878 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower († 1956)
• 1880 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author († 1913)
• 1891 » Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized († 1942)
• 1891 » Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan († 1945)