Family tree Hesselius » Claire Flavie Reijnst (1869-????)

Birthday January 14, 1869

• The temperature on January 14, 1869 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. 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)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
  • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist († 1941)
• 1863 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal († 1929)
• 1863 » Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator († 1928)
• 1869 » Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician († 1937)
• 1870 » George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician († 1952)
• 1875 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)