Family tree Hamier » Arnoldus Dionysius Hubertus van Iersel (1883-????)

Birthday September 21, 1883

• The temperature on September 21, 1883 was about 16.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
  • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
  • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Gustav Holst, English composer and educator († 1934)
• 1878 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager († 1951)
• 1882 » Geevarghese Ivanios, Indian metropolitan († 1953)
• 1884 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician and theorist († 1944)
• 1890 » Charles William Train, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1965)
• 1890 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot († 1916)