Stambomen Droste, Casand en Boogaart » Franciscus Johannes Vosse (1870-????)

Birthday November 22, 1870

• The temperature on November 22, 1870 was about 9.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
  • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
  • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
  • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States († 1967)
• 1869 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1870 » Harry Graham, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1870 » Howard Brockway, American pianist, composer, and educator († 1951)
• 1873 » Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1930)
• 1873 » Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1955)