Family tree Gob » Marie Catherine Henriette Joséphine Hubertine WINKIN (1887-????)

Birthday May 5, 1887

• The temperature on May 5, 1887 was about 13.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
  • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
  • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
  • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
  • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)
• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)