Emigranten » Johannes Hendrikus Drijver (1881-????)

Birthday February 18, 1881

• The temperature on February 18, 1881 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
  • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
  • March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
  • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
  • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
  • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » William Laurel Harris, American painter and author († 1924)
• 1871 » Harry Brearley, English inventor († 1948)
• 1883 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright († 1957)
• 1885 » Henri Laurens, French sculptor and illustrator († 1954)
• 1890 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor († 1963)
• 1890 » Edward Arnold, American actor († 1956)