Family tree Jan Werkman » Albert Raven (1885-????)

Birthday July 17, 1885

• The temperature on July 17, 1885 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1960)
• 1882 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset († 1949)
• 1888 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)
• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)
• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)