De bomen van Kreijkes » Gerrit Jan ten Hove (1870-????)

Birthday May 31, 1870

• The temperature on May 31, 1870 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)