Dreyer Tree » Victor Daniel Hendrik Smith (1890-????)

Birthday December 10, 1890

• The temperature on December 10, 1890 was about -6.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 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 1890: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
  • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
  • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
  • October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
  • November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
  • December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Victor McLaglen, English-American actor († 1959)
• 1889 » Ray Collins, American actor († 1965)
• 1890 » László Bárdossy, Hungarian fascist politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1946)
• 1891 » Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1967)
• 1891 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada († 1969)
• 1891 » Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)