Family tree Brouwer - Koster » Gerardus van Dongen (1887-????)

Birthday February 6, 1887

• The temperature on February 6, 1887 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
  • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
  • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
  • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
  • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

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)