More like a forest than a tree! » Maria Catharina HUIJS (1880-????)

Birthday June 9, 1880

• The temperature on June 9, 1880 was about 11.1 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
  • 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.
  • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
  • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
  • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler († 1930)
• 1875 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1879 » Harry DeBaecke, American rower († 1961)
• 1882 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach († 1963)
• 1885 » Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland († 1962)
• 1890 » Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer († 1952)