Family tree Barbara Clasina Lamphen & Hendrik Gijsbertus Willard » Everdina Maria Petronella Pandelaar (1879-????)

Birthday July 21, 1879

• The temperature on July 21, 1879 was about 12.8 °C. There was 22 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
  • July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
  • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
  • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).

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• 1870 » Emil Orlík, Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer († 1932)
• 1875 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1947)
• 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
• 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
• 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)
• 1891 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier († 1969)