Genealogy Rolink » Maria Adelheid Jäckering (1883-????)

Birthday April 11, 1883

• The temperature on April 11, 1883 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic († 1940)
• 1876 » Paul Henry, Irish painter († 1958)
• 1879 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician († 1935)
• 1887 » Jamini Roy, Indian painter († 1972)
• 1893 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State († 1971)