Généalogie Delbarre Sébastien x Joly Delphine » Seraphien Dejonghe (1887-????)

Birthday October 20, 1887

• The temperature on October 20, 1887 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 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 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.
  • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
  • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
  • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
  • 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.
  • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
  • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)
• 1889 » Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint († 1944)
• 1890 » Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player († 1968)
• 1891 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1974)
• 1891 » Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author († 1973)