Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Gerrit van Alphen (1870-????)

Birthday March 14, 1870

• The temperature on March 14, 1870 was about 6.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
  • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1862 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist († 1951)
• 1863 » Casey Jones, American engineer († 1900)
• 1868 » Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist († 1933)
• 1869 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright († 1951)
• 1874 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips Electronics († 1951)
• 1879 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)