Genealogy familie Bos » Maria Bakker (1884-????)

Birthday August 27, 1884

• The temperature on August 27, 1884 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

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• 1877 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited († 1910)
• 1878 » Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general († 1928)
• 1884 » Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition († 1963)
• 1884 » Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, 16th President of the French Republic († 1966)
• 1886 » Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer († 1979)
• 1890 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter († 1976)