Genealogy Böger » Antonetta Maria Smeehuijzen (1887-????)

Birthday May 29, 1887

• The temperature on May 29, 1887 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
  • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
  • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
  • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
  • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)