Fischer-Sandker Groningen-Drenthe-Emsland » Anna Engelina Geres (1888-????)

Birthday August 7, 1888

• The temperature on August 7, 1888 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
  • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
  • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
  • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
  • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)
• 1884 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer († 1970)
• 1884 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1887 » Anna Elisabet Weirauch, German author and playwright († 1970)
• 1890 » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist († 1964)