Family tree Kaper » Stephanus Gerhardus Wicher van Alteren (1885-????)

Birthday December 4, 1885

• The temperature on December 4, 1885 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
  • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
  • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1882 » Constance Davey, Australian psychologist († 1963)
• 1883 » Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright († 1969)
• 1884 » R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian († 1980)
• 1892 » Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain († 1975)
• 1892 » Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician († 1986)