Genealogy Romeijnders » Martinus van de Wert (1872-± 1872)

Birthday April 1, 1872

• The temperature on April 1, 1872 was about 13.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
  • March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
  • May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
  • September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
  • November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
  • December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1871 » F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor († 1955)
• 1873 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1943)
• 1874 » Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian († 1953)
• 1874 » Prince Karl of Bavaria († 1927)
• 1875 » Edgar Wallace, English journalist, author, and playwright († 1932)