Family tree Dullemen » Bastiaan SCHELLING (1873-????)

Birthday July 8, 1873

• The temperature on July 8, 1873 was about 25.5 °C. 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)
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
  • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
  • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
  • June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
  • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
  • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.

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• 1857 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist († 1911)
• 1867 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor († 1945)
• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)