Genealogy Ploeg » Cornelia Maria Kraft (1869-????)

Birthday March 27, 1869

• The temperature on March 27, 1869 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator († 1946)
• 1869 » J. R. Clynes, English trade unionist and politician, Home Secretary († 1949)
• 1869 » James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1938)
• 1871 » Heinrich Mann, German author and poet († 1950)
• 1871 » Joseph G. Morrison, American captain and Nazarene minister († 1939)
• 1871 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician, Minister of Labour († 1948)