Dreyer Tree » Debora Johanna Hattingh f9 (1869-????)

Birthday February 22, 1869

• The temperature on February 22, 1869 was about 0.7 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary († 1939)
• 1863 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic († 1943)
• 1864 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright († 1910)
• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)