Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Geertje de Ronde (1885-????)

Birthday February 10, 1885

• The temperature on February 10, 1885 was about 1.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 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).
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Pauline Brunius, Swedish actress and director († 1954)
• 1883 » Edith Clarke, American electrical engineer († 1959)
• 1883 » H.V. Hordern, Australian cricketer († 1938)
• 1889 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey († 1982)
• 1890 » Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Nobel Prize laureate († 1960)
• 1890 » Fanny Kaplan, Ukrainian-Russian activist († 1918)