Genealogie Casteleyn/Castelein » Julien Camille Cornelius WYDOODT (1879-????)

Birthday April 11, 1879

• The temperature on April 11, 1879 was about 2.7 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
  • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
  • March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
  • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
  • October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
  • December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner († 1940)
• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic († 1940)
• 1876 » Paul Henry, Irish painter († 1958)
• 1879 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician († 1935)
• 1887 » Jamini Roy, Indian painter († 1972)