Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Hendrikje Meijering (1870-????)

Birthday May 28, 1870

• The temperature on May 28, 1870 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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.
  • January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
  • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1879 » Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist († 1958)
• 1883 » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village († 1978)
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