Family tree Menting » Grada Johanna Maria Besselink (1879-????)

Birthday October 25, 1879

• The temperature on October 25, 1879 was about 11.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 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)
• 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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
  • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
  • December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Adolf Moller, German rower († 1968)
• 1877 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer († 1957)
• 1879 » Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer († 1925)
• 1880 » Bohumír Šmeral, Czech politician († 1941)
• 1881 » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1973)
• 1882 » John T. Flynn, American journalist and author († 1964)