Kramer Family Tree » Simon Brücken (1886-????)

Birthday March 23, 1886

• The temperature on March 23, 1886 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
  • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
  • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
  • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Platt Adams, American jumper and politician († 1961)
• 1885 » Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) († 1962)
• 1886 » Frank Irons, American long jumper († 1942)
• 1887 » Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet († 1945)
• 1887 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1927)
• 1887 » Rudolf Kinau, German author († 1975)