Genealogy Van Bree » Johannes van LEEN (1889-????)

Birthday August 27, 1889

• The temperature on August 27, 1889 was about 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition († 1963)
• 1884 » Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, 16th President of the French Republic († 1966)
• 1886 » Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer († 1979)
• 1890 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter († 1976)
• 1895 » Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian († 1981)
• 1896 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet († 1933)