Stamboom familie Leenen te Sint-Truiden België » Theodore Gemis (1870-????)

Birthday October 30, 1870

• The temperature on October 30, 1870 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter († 1929)
• 1871 » Buck Freeman, American baseball player († 1949)
• 1871 » Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher († 1945)
• 1873 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico († 1913)
• 1877 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia († 1941)
• 1878 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine († 1929)