Eijsermans family tree » Joanna Maria van Vucht (1870-????)

Birthday January 17, 1870

• The temperature on January 17, 1870 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
  • July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand († 1951)
• 1867 » Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios († 1939)
• 1867 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player († 1934)
• 1871 » David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, English admiral († 1936)
• 1871 » Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania († 1940)
• 1875 » Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan journalist and playwright († 1910)