Genealogy Richard en Marquardt » victorine adolphine LAURENT (1885-1949)

Birthday August 24, 1885

• The temperature on August 24, 1885 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)
• 1888 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company († 1942)
• 1890 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer († 1968)
• 1890 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist († 1979)
• 1893 » Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic († 1978)