Datum: Geboorte op 2 mei 1886 te Lengel (Montferland) Vader Johannes Harmsen, 25 jaar oud, arbeider van beroep Moeder Maria Hendrika Hesseling, zonder beroep Kind (vrouwelijk) Gerharda Johanna Harmsen Bronvermelding Gelders Archief Gelders Archief te Arnhem, BS Geboorte Lengel (Montferland), archief 207, inventarisnummer 6260, 3 mei 1886, aktenummer 79
The temperature on May 2, 1886 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
August 31 » The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
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