Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Carolina Theodora Davodina Marinus (1885-????)

Birthday October 9, 1885

• The temperature on October 9, 1885 was about 8.4 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 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)
• 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).
  • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Charlie Faust, American baseball player († 1915)
• 1883 » Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress († 1956)
• 1886 » Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager († 1980)
• 1888 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1888 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician († 1938)
• 1890 » Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel († 1944)