Family tree Kelner » Johannes Franciscus Couton (1875-????)

Birthday February 27, 1875

• The temperature on February 27, 1875 was about -3.4 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
  • March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
  • May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
  • August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
  • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
  • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1872 » Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania († 1950)
• 1875 » Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon († 1956)
• 1877 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1877 » Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist († 1939)
• 1878 » Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)
• 1880 » Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player († 1943)