Gerretsen (Gerritsen) Genealogie » N.N. van 't Lindenhout (1869)

Birthday April 11, 1869

• The temperature on April 11, 1869 was about 20.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
  • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
  • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
  • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist († 1943)
• 1866 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1953)
• 1867 » Mark Keppel, American educator († 1928)
• 1869 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal († 1943)
• 1871 » Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner († 1940)
• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)