Ancestors Bijkerk » Albertus Middelveld (1879-1883)

Birthday October 13, 1879

• The temperature on October 13, 1879 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
  • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
  • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
  • August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
  • December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece († 1946)
• 1874 » József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician († 1948)
• 1876 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player († 1914)
• 1878 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author († 1952)
• 1879 » Edward Hennig, American gymnast († 1960)
• 1880 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author († 1932)