Family tree familie Abas » Jaques David Citroen Polak (1885-????)

Birthday November 18, 1885

• The temperature on November 18, 1885 was about -1.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • 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.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • 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 United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

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• 1882 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano († 1963)
• 1882 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist († 1959)
• 1882 » Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1882 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic († 1957)
• 1883 » Carl Vinson, American judge and politician († 1981)
• 1886 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1967)