Family tree Gravendeel » Maria Johanna HERWEIJER (1883-????)

Birthday September 23, 1883

• The temperature on September 23, 1883 was about 15.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
  • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
  • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
  • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
  • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

Source: Wikipedia

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