Family tree De Duffelt » Bernardina "1869 " van Sambeek (1869-????)

Birthday July 20, 1869

• The temperature on July 20, 1869 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
  • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
  • May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
  • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
  • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1864 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist († 1913)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)