McNiven - Oliver Family tree » Patrick Blyde (1889-????)

Birthday March 16, 1889

• The temperature on March 16, 1889 was about 0.9 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
  • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
  • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist († 1943)
• 1886 » Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player († 1951)
• 1887 » Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner († 1925)
• 1887 » S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)
• 1889 » Reggie Walker, South African athlete († 1951)
• 1892 » César Vallejo, Peruvian poet, playwright, and journalist († 1938)