Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Trijntje Willems Hofmeijer (1889-????)

Birthday October 6, 1889

• The temperature on October 6, 1889 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1960)
• 1887 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy († 1965)
• 1888 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot († 1918)
• 1891 » Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator († 1946)
• 1893 » Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic († 1956)
• 1895 » Caroline Gordon, American author and critic († 1981)