Family tree Kesting (div) » Johannes Lambertus Merten (1870-????)

Birthday September 27, 1870

• The temperature on September 27, 1870 was about 21.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
  • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author († 1933)
• 1864 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician († 1938)
• 1866 » Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint († 1932)
• 1871 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach († 1962)
• 1879 » Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1934)