Eijsermans family tree » Paulinus Aloysius "Paulinus" van der Veken (1886-> 1933)

Birthday November 18, 1886

• The temperature on November 18, 1886 was about 7.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 45 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.

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• 1882 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano († 1963)
• 1882 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic († 1957)
• 1883 » Carl Vinson, American judge and politician († 1981)
• 1886 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1967)
• 1888 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist († 1973)
• 1889 » Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Russian politician († 1939)