Généalogie Bertrand - Hutsemékers » Maria Genova Hubertina van Eijs (1870-????)

Birthday October 23, 1870

• The temperature on October 23, 1870 was about 9.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 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)
• 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 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author († 1918)
• 1869 » John Heisman, American football player and coach († 1936)
• 1870 » Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop († 1948)
• 1873 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer († 1975)
• 1874 » Charles Kilpatrick, American runner and educator († 1921)
• 1875 » Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic († 1946)