Stamboom Verbeek » Hans Isaac Wiersma (1885-1966)

Birthday May 4, 1885

• The temperature on May 4, 1885 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • 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 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
  • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

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• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)