Family tree Hansates » Theodorus Gerardus Johannes Brandts (1888-????)

Birthday June 4, 1888

• The temperature on June 4, 1888 was about 19.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
  • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
  • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
  • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
  • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
  • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1879 » Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator († 1964)
• 1880 » Clara Blandick, American actress († 1962)
• 1885 » Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina († 1952)
• 1887 » Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier († 1949)
• 1889 » Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist († 1960)