Eijsermans family tree » Joannes Antonius van Rooij (1886-????)

Birthday August 10, 1886

• The temperature on August 10, 1886 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
  • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
  • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1964)
• 1884 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author († 1935)
• 1888 » Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark († 1940)
• 1889 » Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly († 1967)
• 1889 » Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance († 1968)
• 1890 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1954)