Genealogy Mundorff » Augustus Franciscus Mares (1868-????)

Birthday October 13, 1868

• The temperature on October 13, 1868 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
  • April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
  • May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
  • June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
  • November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
  • December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author († 1900)
• 1870 » Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic († 1945)
• 1872 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean († 1967)
• 1873 » Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece († 1946)
• 1874 » József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician († 1948)
• 1876 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player († 1914)