Family tree Eijskoot » Johannes Wilhelmus Jacobs (1887-????)

Birthday April 15, 1887

• The temperature on April 15, 1887 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
  • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
  • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
  • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
  • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
  • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1887 » William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland († 1953)
• 1888 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author († 1904)
• 1889 » A. Philip Randolph, American activist († 1979)
• 1889 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator († 1975)