Family tree Brouwer - Koster » Pieter van Vugt (1870-????)

Birthday January 11, 1870

• The temperature on January 11, 1870 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
  • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1867 » Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic († 1927)
• 1868 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician († 1940)
• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)
• 1872 » G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1873 » John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist († 1949)
• 1875 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic († 1956)