Borgsteede family tree » Catharina Maria Zuiderweg (1871-????)

Birthday September 20, 1871

• The temperature on September 20, 1871 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
  • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
  • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
  • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
  • November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
  • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)