Descendants Den Toom » Jan de Bont (1888-????)

Birthday October 31, 1888

• The temperature on October 31, 1888 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
  • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
  • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
  • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
  • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1883 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1887 » Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) († 1975)
• 1887 » Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player († 1970)
• 1888 » Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author († 1944)
• 1892 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author († 1946)