Ancestors Stolk » Jan Roelof de Kroes (1870-< 1875)

Birthday June 28, 1870

• The temperature on June 28, 1870 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
  • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1867 » Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1873 » Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1875 » Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1879 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist († 1949)
• 1880 » John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player († 1971)
• 1883 » Pierre Laval, French soldier and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France († 1945)