Family tree familie Van der Wijk » Arthur Isidore van der Wijk (1884-????)

Birthday April 6, 1884

• The temperature on April 6, 1884 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
  • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
  • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower († 1953)
• 1884 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer († 1927)
• 1886 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople († 1972)
• 1886 » Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler († 1967)
• 1886 » Walter Dandy, American physician and neurosurgeon († 1946)
• 1888 » Hans Richter, Swiss painter, illustrator, and director († 1976)