Eijsermans family tree » Andreas Carolus Donders (1883-????)

Birthday April 11, 1883

• The temperature on April 11, 1883 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
  • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
  • May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
  • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic († 1940)
• 1876 » Paul Henry, Irish painter († 1958)
• 1879 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician († 1935)
• 1887 » Jamini Roy, Indian painter († 1972)
• 1893 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State († 1971)