Family tree Dormolen » Johanna Maria van Moerkerk (1885-????)

Birthday October 17, 1885

• The temperature on October 17, 1885 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)
• 1886 » Spring Byington, American actress († 1971)
• 1889 » Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author († 1988)