Genealogy Munter » Teunis DRIESPRONG (1888-????)

Birthday March 10, 1888

• The temperature on March 10, 1888 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 63 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
  • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
  • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
  • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
  • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Jessie Boswell, English painter († 1956)
• 1888 » Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor († 1961)
• 1890 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania († 1939)
• 1892 » Arthur Honegger, French composer and educator († 1955)
• 1892 » Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1952)
• 1896 » Frederick Coulton Waugh, British cartoonist, painter, teacher and author († 1973)