Eijsermans family tree » Anna Cornelia van Rooij (1885-????)

Birthday March 31, 1885

• The temperature on March 31, 1885 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
  • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » Jack Johnson, American boxer († 1946)
• 1884 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1946)
• 1885 » Pascin, Sephardi Jewish Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator († 1930)
• 1890 » Ben Adams, American jumper († 1961)
• 1890 » William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1891 » Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director († 1976)