Genealogy Spierenburg » Kniertje van Dijk (1881-< 1883)

Birthday September 14, 1881

• The temperature on September 14, 1881 was about 13.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
  • April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
  • May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
  • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
  • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
  • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist († 1966)
• 1880 » Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach († 1955)
• 1880 » Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary († 1961)
• 1883 » Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1908)
• 1885 » Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic († 1975)
• 1886 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1948)