Eijsermans family tree » Johannes Wilhelmus van Steenoven (1870-????)

Birthday July 26, 1870

• The temperature on July 26, 1870 was about 26.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
  • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer († 1948)
• 1865 » Philipp Scheidemann, German journalist and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany († 1939)
• 1865 » Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer († 1910)
• 1874 » Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor († 1951)
• 1875 » Antonio Machado, Spanish poet and academic († 1939)
• 1875 » Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1961)