Genealogy Zevenbergen » Wilhelmina Hendrika van Leeuwen (1875-????)

Birthday March 27, 1875

• The temperature on March 27, 1875 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
  • April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
  • May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
  • July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
  • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » Heinrich Mann, German author and poet († 1950)
• 1871 » Joseph G. Morrison, American captain and Nazarene minister († 1939)
• 1871 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician, Minister of Labour († 1948)
• 1875 » Albert Marquet, French painter († 1947)
• 1877 » Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer († 1947)
• 1878 » Kathleen Scott, British sculptor († 1947)