Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmina Bosch (1885-????)

Birthday September 24, 1885

• The temperature on September 24, 1885 was about 11.7 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
  • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
  • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
  • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated († 1934)
• 1883 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach († 1951)
• 1884 » İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey († 1973)
• 1884 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist († 1963)
• 1884 » Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer († 1953)
• 1885 » Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator († 1963)