Genealogy Maat (Vlaardingen/Rotterdam) » Nicolaas Josephus (3) Maat (1873-????)

Birthday March 16, 1873

• The temperature on March 16, 1873 was about 7.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
  • May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
  • June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
  • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
  • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
  • October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1874 » Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister († 1958)
• 1877 » Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer († 1972)
• 1878 » Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal († 1946)