Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Gerrit Lankamp (1885-????)

Birthday April 13, 1885

• The temperature on April 13, 1885 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
  • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic († 1971)
• 1885 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia († 1942)
• 1885 » Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician († 1961)
• 1885 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player († 1964)
• 1887 » Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer († 1995)
• 1889 » Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author († 1958)