Family tree Joop Dales » Femmigje KRABBE (1871-????)

Birthday March 16, 1871

• The temperature on March 16, 1871 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
  • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
  • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
  • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
  • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
  • December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1869 » Willy Burmester, German violinist († 1933)
• 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
• 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)
• 1874 » Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister († 1958)
• 1877 » Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer († 1972)