Genealogy Wylie » Mary Marie Colvin (1885-????)

Birthday July 27, 1885

• The temperature on July 27, 1885 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1945)
• 1882 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company († 1965)
• 1886 » Ernst May, German architect and urban planner († 1970)
• 1889 » Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress († 1972)
• 1890 » Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter († 1976)
• 1890 » Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor († 1976)