Ancestors Johanna Maria Romeijn » Margaretha Geertruida Elisabeth ROMEIJN (1886-????)

Birthday October 4, 1886

• The temperature on October 4, 1886 was about 23.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. 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)
• 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.
  • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
  • 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.
  • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
  • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal († 1948)
• 1884 » Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author († 1941)
• 1888 » Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief († 1961)
• 1888 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater († 1954)
• 1890 » Alan L. Hart, American physician and author († 1962)
• 1890 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish writer and journalist († 1945)