Genealogy Van Volkom » Andries Hillebrand SCHARLOO (1889-????)

Birthday August 22, 1889

• The temperature on August 22, 1889 was about 18.0 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 44 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
  • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1977)
• 1890 » Cecil Kellaway, South African actor († 1973)
• 1891 » Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer († 1983)
• 1891 » Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor († 1973)
• 1893 » Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist († 1967)
• 1893 » Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army († 1977)