Eijsermans family tree » Johannes Theodorus van Rooij (1883-????)

Birthday June 16, 1883

• The temperature on June 16, 1883 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author († 1963)
• 1882 » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran († 1967)
• 1885 » Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect († 1941)
• 1888 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1925)
• 1888 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer († 1980)
• 1890 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian († 1965)