Eijsermans family tree » Anna Christina Kronenburg (1885-????)

Birthday October 15, 1885

• The temperature on October 15, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • 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.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)
• 1890 » Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer († 1935)