Eijsermans family tree » Peter Johannes Jonkers (1870-????)

Birthday April 8, 1870

• The temperature on April 8, 1870 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1867 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter and educator († 1908)
• 1869 » Harvey Cushing, American surgeon and academic († 1939)
• 1871 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator († 1925)
• 1874 » Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer († 1929)
• 1874 » Stanisław Taczak, Polish general († 1960)
• 1875 » Albert I of Belgium († 1934)