Dreyer Tree » Johanna Georgina Elizabeth Rex d2 (1867-????)

Birthday May 17, 1867

• The temperature on May 17, 1867 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
  • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
  • October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
  • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 27th Mayor of Split († 1938)
• 1864 » Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter († 1923)
• 1866 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer († 1925)
• 1868 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge († 1920)
• 1868 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1870 » Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia († 1936)