Family tree Eizenga-Vis » Wietze Ales Toering (1885-????)

Birthday July 27, 1885

• The temperature on July 27, 1885 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • 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 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1945)
• 1882 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company († 1965)
• 1886 » Ernst May, German architect and urban planner († 1970)
• 1889 » Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress († 1972)
• 1890 » Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter († 1976)
• 1890 » Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor († 1976)