Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » Gardie Wiersema (1883-????)

Birthday September 8, 1883

• The temperature on September 8, 1883 was about 12.7 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 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)
• 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.
  • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
  • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
  • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
  • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler († 1945)
• 1881 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey († 1942)
• 1884 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver († 1921)
• 1886 » Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress († 1961)
• 1886 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet († 1967)
• 1889 » Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician († 1953)