Eijsermans family tree » Maria Francisca Goverdina Jansen (1875-????)

Birthday April 21, 1875

• The temperature on April 21, 1875 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
  • May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
  • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
  • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
  • October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
  • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Max Weber, German economist and sociologist († 1920)
• 1868 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter († 1932)
• 1870 » Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1941)
• 1874 » Vincent Scotto, French actor and composer († 1952)
• 1882 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1885 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner († 1967)