Descendants Couwenberg-Fouyn-Henau-Ketele » Henricus van Eemeren (1871-????)

Birthday April 11, 1871

• The temperature on April 11, 1871 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 34%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
  • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
  • March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
  • April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
  • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
  • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1866 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1953)
• 1867 » Mark Keppel, American educator († 1928)
• 1869 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal († 1943)
• 1871 » Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner († 1940)
• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1876 » Paul Henry, Irish painter († 1958)