Genealogy Spierenburg » Jacobus Taat (1884-????)

Birthday September 18, 1884

• The temperature on September 18, 1884 was about 24.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
  • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
  • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author († 1950)
• 1885 » Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright († 1948)
• 1888 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author († 1938)
• 1888 » Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author († 1953)
• 1889 » Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician († 1970)
• 1889 » Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator († 1959)