Eijsermans family tree » Elisabeth Maria Petronilla Hamers (1888-????)

Birthday June 25, 1888

• The temperature on June 25, 1888 was about 29.7 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
  • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
  • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1886 » Henry H. Arnold, American general († 1950)
• 1887 » Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist († 1938)
• 1887 » George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1892 » Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general († 1959)