Eijsermans family tree » Maria Verheijen (± 1814-1885)

Day of death March 23, 1885

• The temperature on March 23, 1885 was about 4.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 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)
• 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.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

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