Genealogy Harssema » Anna Louiza de WALLE (1880-????)

Birthday April 8, 1880

• The temperature on April 8, 1880 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
  • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
  • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
  • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer († 1929)
• 1875 » Albert I of Belgium († 1934)
• 1882 » (O.S. 27 March) - Dmytro Doroshenko, Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine († 1951)
• 1883 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia († 1936)
• 1883 » R. P. Keigwin, English cricketer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator († 1951)