Genealogy Meeldijk » Fetje WIARDA (1870-????)

Birthday June 25, 1870

• The temperature on June 25, 1870 was about 16.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Georges Courteline, French author and playwright († 1929)
• 1860 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor († 1956)
• 1863 » Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat († 1935)
• 1864 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1866 » Eloísa Díaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician († 1950)
• 1874 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer († 1944)