Family tree Van Geel » Cornelis SCHIJVEN (1869-????)

Birthday March 15, 1869

• The temperature on March 15, 1869 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
  • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Source: Wikipedia

• 1864 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) († 1935)
• 1865 » Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar († 1944)
• 1866 » Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, often erroneously identified as the inventor of the Paper clip († 1910)
• 1866 » Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician († 1948)
• 1868 » Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician († 1944)
• 1869 » Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Poland († 1953)