Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Jan Lolles Nauta (1870-????)

Birthday August 2, 1870

• The temperature on August 2, 1870 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
  • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  • July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
  • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)