Stambomen Quist » Jan van Zetten (1870-????)

Birthday April 11, 1870

• The temperature on April 11, 1870 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. 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)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
  • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist († 1943)
• 1866 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1953)
• 1867 » Mark Keppel, American educator († 1928)
• 1869 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal († 1943)
• 1871 » Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner († 1940)
• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)