Descendants Heeres » Maria van Leeuwen (1882-????)

Birthday October 25, 1882

• The temperature on October 25, 1882 was about 7.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
  • April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
  • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
  • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
  • June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
  • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1973)
• 1882 » André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church († 1964)
• 1882 » John T. Flynn, American journalist and author († 1964)
• 1882 » Theodora Agnes Peck, American author and poet († 1964)
• 1882 » Tony Jackson, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1921)
• 1883 » Nikolay Krestinsky, Russian revolutionary and politician († 1938)