Family tree De Backer - Evers » Jozef Nikolaas Catharina van der Auwera (1886-1967)

Birthday August 22, 1886

• The temperature on August 22, 1886 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
  • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman († 1949)
• 1882 » Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot († 1919)
• 1887 » Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1977)
• 1890 » Cecil Kellaway, South African actor († 1973)
• 1891 » Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer († 1983)
• 1891 » Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor († 1973)