Eijsermans family tree » Helena van Bergen (1876-????)

Birthday March 16, 1876

• The temperature on March 16, 1876 was about 5.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  • March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
  • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
  • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
  • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
• 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)
• 1874 » Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister († 1958)
• 1877 » Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer († 1972)
• 1878 » Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal († 1946)
• 1878 » Paul Jouve, French painter († 1973)