Family tree Ackermans » Hermijntje van der Hilst (1869-1869)

Birthday August 2, 1869

• The temperature on August 2, 1869 was about 19.7 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
  • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
  • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)