Eijsermans family tree » Maria Catharina van Vught (1889-????)

Birthday July 6, 1889

• The temperature on July 6, 1889 was about 22.4 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
  • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1886 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic († 1944)
• 1887 » Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress († 1975)
• 1887 » Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet († 1985)
• 1890 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar († 1936)
• 1892 » Will James, American author and illustrator († 1942)