Family tree Eikelboom » Anna Johanna Jacoba van Apeldoorn (1888-????)

Birthday February 6, 1888

• The temperature on February 6, 1888 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
  • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
  • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
  • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
  • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Marcel Cohen, French linguist and scholar († 1974)
• 1887 » Josef Frings, German cardinal († 1978)
• 1890 » James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales († 1957)
• 1890 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician († 1988)
• 1892 » Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general († 1984)
• 1892 » William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)