Genealogy Wylie » Haywood Pinckney Rankin (1875-????)

Birthday June 14, 1875

• The temperature on June 14, 1875 was about 14.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
  • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
  • April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
  • July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
  • September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
  • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower († 1936)
• 1871 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer († 1946)
• 1872 » János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and author († 1936)
• 1877 » Ida MacLean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society († 1944)
• 1877 » Jane Bathori, French soprano († 1970)
• 1878 » Léon Thiébaut, French fencer († 1943)