Family tree Van Geel » Antonij van BAVEL (1869-????)

Birthday August 16, 1869

• The temperature on August 16, 1869 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
  • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
  • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
  • December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1864 » Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette († 1917)
• 1865 » Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist († 1962)
• 1868 » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)