Eijsermans family tree » Francisca Petronella van Dommelen (1886-????)

Birthday October 31, 1886

• The temperature on October 31, 1886 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
  • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
  • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general († 1960)
• 1883 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1887 » Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) († 1975)
• 1887 » Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player († 1970)
• 1888 » Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author († 1944)