Genealogy Wylie » Jehiel Eli McConnell (1867-1957)

Birthday December 1, 1867

• The temperature on December 1, 1867 was about 10.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
  • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
  • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
  • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
  • September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
  • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.

Source: Wikipedia

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