Family tree de Bruijn » Wilhelmus Hendrikus Horst (1883-????)

Birthday June 25, 1883

• The temperature on June 25, 1883 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
  • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
  • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer († 1944)
• 1884 » Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian († 1979)
• 1884 » Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet († 1917)
• 1886 » Henry H. Arnold, American general († 1950)
• 1887 » Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist († 1938)
• 1887 » George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)