Family tree De Backer - Evers » Maria Carolina Boogaerts (1884-????)

Birthday November 20, 1884

• The temperature on November 20, 1884 was about 5.9 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
  • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Ernestas Galvanauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician († 1967)
• 1883 » Edwin August, American actor and director († 1964)
• 1883 » Tony Gaudio, Italian American cinematographer († 1951)
• 1884 » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician († 1968)
• 1885 » George Holley, English footballer († 1942)
• 1885 » Kaarlo Vasama, Finnish gymnast († 1926)