Kennedy Family Tree » Charles Gilman Marden (1876-1958)

Birthday February 25, 1876

• The temperature on February 25, 1876 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
  • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
  • July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
  • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1877 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar († 1935)
• 1881 » Alexei Rykov, Russian politician, Premier of Russia († 1938)
• 1881 » William Z. Foster, American union leader and politician († 1961)
• 1883 » Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone († 1981)