Family tree Kuurstra en Gordijn » Abraham van der Horst (1870-????)

Birthday August 1, 1870

• The temperature on August 1, 1870 was about 18.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
  • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
  • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer († 1918)
• 1861 » Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer († 1951)
• 1865 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter († 1917)
• 1871 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player († 1969)
• 1877 » George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman († 1968)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1961)