Genealogy van der Wal en Reijns » Albert Oost (1886-????)

Birthday October 15, 1886

• The temperature on October 15, 1886 was about 10.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 54 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
  • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
  • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)
• 1890 » Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer († 1935)