Genealogy Harssema » Doekle Johannes TERPSTRA (1885-????)

Birthday September 13, 1885

• The temperature on September 13, 1885 was about 13.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
  • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter († 1956)
• 1883 » Petros Voulgaris, Greek admiral and politician, 136th Prime Minister of Greece († 1957)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1886 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor († 1925)
• 1886 » Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1887 » Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)