Eijsermans family tree » Maria Catharina Fransen (1870-????)

Birthday August 23, 1870

• The temperature on August 23, 1870 was about 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
  • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
  • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
  • July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1867 » Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic († 1948)
• 1868 » Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright († 1950)
• 1872 » Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra († 1957)
• 1875 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor († 1946)
• 1875 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer († 1966)