Genealogy Moelker » Adriaan Overbeeke (1883-????)

Birthday September 7, 1883

• The temperature on September 7, 1883 was about 14.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
  • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
  • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
  • December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1876 » C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author († 1938)
• 1876 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta († 1934)
• 1883 » Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor († 1950)
• 1885 » Elinor Wylie, American author and poet († 1928)
• 1887 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic († 1964)