Dreyer Tree » Gert Christoffel Snyman (1870-????)

Birthday April 1, 1870

• The temperature on April 1, 1870 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 38%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
  • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1866 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1924)
• 1866 » William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician († 1938)
• 1868 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1868 » Walter Mead, English cricketer († 1954)
• 1871 » F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor († 1955)
• 1873 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1943)