Family tree De Backer - Evers » Camile Emile Weckx (1885-1955)

Birthday August 30, 1885

• The temperature on August 30, 1885 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)
• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1890 » Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)