Genealogy Reuzel » Grada Maria Bloo (1886-????)

Birthday May 31, 1886

• The temperature on May 31, 1886 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
  • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
  • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)
• 1885 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia († 1967)
• 1887 » Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1892 » Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician († 1951)
• 1892 » Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter († 1968)