Eijsermans family tree » Philomena Maria Mommers (1879-????)

Birthday January 11, 1879

• The temperature on January 11, 1879 was about -7.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
  • August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
  • October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
  • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist († 1949)
• 1875 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic († 1956)
• 1876 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player († 1971)
• 1876 » Thomas Hicks, American runner († 1952)
• 1878 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1952)
• 1885 » Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist († 1977)