Genealogische data Golse Genen » Mathilda Maria Judoca "Mathilda" van Waterschoot (1889-????)

Birthday August 4, 1889

• The temperature on August 4, 1889 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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.
  • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • 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

• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)
• 1887 » Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1967)
• 1888 » Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq († 1965)
• 1890 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager († 1957)
• 1893 » Fritz Gause, German historian and curator († 1973)