Genealogy Spierenburg » Johannes Groen (1886-< 1889)

Birthday January 27, 1886

• The temperature on January 27, 1886 was about 0.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
  • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
  • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Jerome Kern, American composer and songwriter († 1945)
• 1885 » Seison Maeda, Japanese painter († 1977)
• 1886 » Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist († 1967)
• 1889 » Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist and academic († 1959)
• 1891 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author († 1967)
• 1893 » Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China († 1981)