Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Frederik Willem Albertusz Marinus (1885-????)

Birthday October 15, 1885

• The temperature on October 15, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
  • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)
• 1890 » Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer († 1935)