Family tree Hegeman » Harm Sassen- (1888-????)

Birthday October 23, 1888

• The temperature on October 23, 1888 was about 8.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
  • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
  • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
  • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
  • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
  • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Hugo Wast, Argentine writer († 1962)
• 1885 » Lawren Harris, Canadian painter and educator († 1970)
• 1888 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1961)
• 1892 » Speckled Red, American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter († 1973)
• 1894 » Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic († 1975)
• 1894 » Rube Bressler, American baseball player († 1966)