Eijsermans family tree » Anton-cornelis van Sleeuwen (1870-????)

Birthday November 23, 1870

• The temperature on November 23, 1870 was about 10.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
  • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
  • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman († 1936)
• 1868 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter († 1953)
• 1869 » Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer († 1942)
• 1871 » William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria († 1946)
• 1875 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician († 1933)
• 1876 » Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer († 1946)