Family tree Lapre » Frederika Petronella Mess (1870-????)

Birthday July 7, 1870

• The temperature on July 7, 1870 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • 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.
  • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1860 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1911)
• 1861 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist († 1912)
• 1869 » Fernande Sadler (d.1949), French painter and mayor
• 1869 » Rachel Caroline Eaton, American academic († 1938)
• 1874 » Erwin Bumke, German lawyer and jurist († 1945)
• 1880 » Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread († 1960)