Stambom Lagaaij / Lagaay » Adamus Wilhelmus Cornelis Scheepers (1885-????)

Birthday July 25, 1885

• The temperature on July 25, 1885 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese philosopher and scholar († 1949)
• 1882 » George S. Rentz, American commander († 1942)
• 1883 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1947)
• 1886 » Edward Cummins, American golfer († 1926)
• 1894 » Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian Serb revolutionary († 1918)
• 1894 » Walter Brennan, American actor († 1974)