Family tree Jansen, Brandsma, Esmeijer, De Waal en Wennekes » Johannes Verwoert (1885-????)

Birthday February 1, 1885

• The temperature on February 1, 1885 was about 7.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
  • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
  • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer († 1966)
• 1882 » Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada († 1973)
• 1884 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician († 1949)
• 1884 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author († 1937)
• 1887 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author († 1947)
• 1890 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War († 1942)