Descendants Heeres » James de Boer (1876-????)

Birthday May 1, 1876

• The temperature on May 1, 1876 was about 6.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  • April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
  • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
  • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
  • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
  • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar († 1948)
• 1872 » Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter († 1960)
• 1872 » Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal († 1918)
• 1874 » Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter († 1959)
• 1874 » Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator († 1970)
• 1875 » Dave Hall, American runner († 1972)