Family tree Brouwer - Koster » Jannetje Plantefeber (1885-????)

Birthday June 17, 1885

• The temperature on June 17, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • 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.
  • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)
• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)
• 1882 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1971)
• 1888 » Heinz Guderian, German general († 1954)