Family tree Fam. de Jong » Wilhelmina Jacoba van den Bos (1885-????)

Birthday April 30, 1885

• The temperature on April 30, 1885 was about 13.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist († 1948)
• 1880 » Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist († 1967)
• 1883 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author († 1923)
• 1883 » Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer († 1947)
• 1884 » Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor († 1965)
• 1888 » John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic († 1974)