Family tree Helsemans » Louis Clément Joseph Verstraete (1883-????)

Birthday March 16, 1883

• The temperature on March 16, 1883 was about -2.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
  • 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.
  • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
  • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
  • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
  • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

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• 1885 » Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist († 1943)
• 1885 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor († 1965)